55.6% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Badgingarra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Badgingarra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of Badgingarra residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. While schooling levels are relatively strong, the area has a much lower rate of university degrees compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Around 55.6% of people finished Year 12, a result that is a little below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. This is also well below the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Badgingarra, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 10% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 23.8% seen across Western Australia, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 26.1%.
10.0% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Badgingarra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Badgingarra are spread across several fields, led by society and culture at 15.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school, which is much smaller than most similar schools. Despite the small size, there are 30.3 schools per 1,000 children, among the highest at this level.
30.30
Higher than 94% 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,000
Higher 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 Badgingarra
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 1,000.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Badgingarra Primary School, Badgingarra | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 32 | 1,000 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Badgingarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50048/badgingarra/topic/education