28.6% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
6646, WA · Postcode
Education & Qualifications in 6646, WA
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 28.6% of people in postcode 6646 finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This is a community where school completion and higher degrees are much less common than in most other Australian areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is among the lowest in the country and has fallen by 9.3 percentage points since 2011. This leaves the area far below the Western Australian figure of 58%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In 6646, WA, 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, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26.7% of residents.
9.1% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 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 6646, WA, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area most often studied engineering and related fields, which account for 18.9% of all degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though these are typically very small. All schools are government-run combined campuses with a typical size of 93 students.
11.90
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 71% 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).
93
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
93
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
599
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving 6646, WA
1 school — 93 students, average ICSEA 599.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Wiluna Remote Community School, Wiluna | Government | Combined | 218.7 km | 93 | 599 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in 6646, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6646/6646-wa/topic/education