48.7% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Argyle · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Argyle
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Argyle have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While qualification levels are higher than in most similar areas, they remain well below the Western Australian and Australian averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.7% of people here completed Year 12, a figure that is well below the state average of 58.0%. About 31% of residents peaked at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Argyle, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Roughly one in five adults holds a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.4% of people.
19.6% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 Argyle, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 21.2%. Health and Education also feature prominently at 13.5% and 10.3% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places in terms of local educational facilities.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Argyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50025/argyle/topic/education