28.6% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wiluna · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Wiluna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Wiluna, held by 26.7% of adults. The area faces significant educational challenges, with Year 12 completion rates far below the national average and a decline in higher education levels since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure and among the lowest levels seen in similar areas. This rate has fallen by 9.3 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wiluna, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.1% of the population, a figure far below both Western Australia and Australia. This proportion has dipped slightly since 2011.
9.1% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Wiluna, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study for those with qualifications, accounting for 18.9% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wiluna has just one government school, which is smaller than about 91% of similar areas. While the school is small, the area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most other places.
1
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
11.90
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
93
Lower than 92% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
93
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
599
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wiluna
1 school — 93 students, average ICSEA 599.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Wiluna Remote Community School, Wiluna | Government | Combined | — | 93 | 599 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59250/wiluna/topic/education