44.2% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mirrabooka · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mirrabooka
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Mirrabooka finished high school than the national figure, with only 44.2% completing Year 12. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than across New South Wales.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. About 32.4% of people stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mirrabooka, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 14.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the state figure of 27.8%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.1% of residents.
14.7% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 Mirrabooka, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most frequent at 17.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 16.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3 km, though they have a lower average advantage score than most areas. Half are government schools and half are independent.
2
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality 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).
229
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
964
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mirrabooka
2 schools — 457 students, average ICSEA 964.
By sector: Independent 1 · Government 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Brightwaters Christian College, Brightwaters | Independent | Combined | 1.2 km | 106 | 1,001 |
| Gwandalan Public School, Gwandalan | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 351 | 953 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12658/mirrabooka/topic/education