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Education & Qualifications in Three Springs

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Fewer people have high-level degrees in Three Springs compared to most similar areas. Only 40.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. While university qualifications are less common, the local workforce holds a variety of trade and technical certificates.

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📍 Three Springs, Council (LGA)

Where Three Springs sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

9.7% ▲ +29.6%

All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Three Springs — lower than 78% of areas.

Three Springs9.7%
Rest of WA 13.5%
Western Australia 23.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 40.4% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian average of 58%. This figure has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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40.4% ▼ -5.1%

Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Three Springs, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (13%).

Year 12 40.4% Year 10 22.2% Year 11 10.8% Year 9 or below 9.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.7% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. This has risen slightly by 2.2 percentage points since 2011, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 29.4%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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9.7% ▲ +29.6%

Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Three Springs, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (17%).

Certificate III / IV 29.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 14.9% Bachelor degree 10.9% Postgraduate degree 4.0% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.8% Certificate I / II 2.8%

Field of study

What people studied.

Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study for qualified residents at 16.1%, followed by agriculture and environment at 10.5%.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

The area has one small government primary school with 55 enrolments. While the school size is much lower than most areas, there are 8.2 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar places.

Average school ICSEA

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908

Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.

Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).

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Schools serving Three Springs

1 school — 55 students, average ICSEA 908.

By sector: Government 1

By type: Primary 1
Three Springs Primary School, Three Springs Government Primary — 55 908

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Three Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58260/three-springs/topic/education