43.3% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Augusta · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Augusta
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Augusta have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 43.3% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This means a larger proportion of the local population relies on trade certificates or earlier school leavers for their working lives.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 43.3%, which is far below both Western Australia and the national average. Roughly 30% of residents left school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Augusta, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 12.9% of adults, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Most qualified locals hold a Certificate III or IV, at 33.2%.
12.9% ▲ +42.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Augusta, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 15.0%, followed by management and commerce at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, serving 110 students on average. With 6.9 schools per 1,000 children, Augusta has more schools than most similar areas.
6.90
Higher than 66% 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).
110
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Augusta
1 school — 110 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Augusta Primary School, Augusta | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 110 | 981 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50038/augusta/topic/education