46.5% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
6346, WA · Postcode
Education & Qualifications in 6346, WA
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Postcode 6346 sits around the middle of similar areas for education and qualifications. While university degrees are less common here than in the rest of the country, more people have finished high school than they did a decade ago. The area is served by small, government-run schools.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in postcode 6346 have finished high school compared to the state and national figures, though the rate rose 6.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 46.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In 6346, WA, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 13.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This is the most common high-level qualification, though Certificate III or IV is the most frequent qualification overall at 33.2%.
13.6% ▲ +40.3%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 6346, WA, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 18.2%, followed by management and commerce at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Schools here are much smaller than most areas, with an average size of 54 students. Despite the small enrolments, there are 13.42 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas.
13.42
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
108
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
54
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving 6346, WA
2 schools — 108 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Ravensthorpe District High School, Ravensthorpe | Government | Combined | 24.2 km | 103 | 978 |
| Jerdacuttup Primary School, Ravensthorpe | Government | Primary | 52.4 km | 5 | 1,003 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in 6346, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6346/6346-wa/topic/education