47.7% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bandy Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications for adults in Bandy Creek, held by 40.2% of the population. The area has a lower level of formal schooling and degrees compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 47.7%, have finished Year 12. This is far below the 58% seen in Western Australia and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bandy Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the state average of 23.8% and the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.7% ▲ +54.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Bandy Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Education as the most common at 16.2%, followed by Engineering and Management and Commerce at 15.6% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school in the area, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas. This single government school has a lower advantage score than most.
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).
488
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
957
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bandy Creek
1 school — 488 students, average ICSEA 957.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Castletown Primary School, Esperance | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 488 | 957 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50066/bandy-creek/topic/education