22.7% ▲ +24.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Robertstown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Robertstown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 22.7% of people in Robertstown have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest school completion rates in the region, with few residents holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much lower than in the rest of the state, with only 22.7% of people finishing Year 12. Nearly half of the population finished school at Year 10 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Robertstown splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (27%), with Year 12 at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, as only 1.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, 40.9% of qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
1.5% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Robertstown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Robertstown are most common in agriculture and environment, as well as society and culture, both at 15.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools relative to the number of children, though the local primary school is very small with an average of only 8 students.
45.45
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
8
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
Schools serving Robertstown
1 school — 8 students.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Robertstown Primary School, Robertstown | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 8 | — |
Sources
More for Robertstown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Robertstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41265/robertstown/topic/education