45.0% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barrabup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barrabup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Less than half of residents in Barrabup finished Year 12, which is far below the national rate of 58.8%. This gap in schooling is mirrored in higher education, where the number of adults with a university degree is far below the Western Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45% of people completed Year 12, a figure far below both the state and national averages. Other common outcomes include 25% finishing Year 11 and 20% finishing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Barrabup, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 11 (28%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 19.4% of residents.
10.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Barrabup, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (29%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field of study is management and commerce at 19.4%, followed by health at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government school, which is a combined primary and secondary facility. This school is much smaller than most areas, with an average size of 60 students.
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).
60
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
990
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Barrabup
1 school — 60 students, average ICSEA 990.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Nannup District High School, Nannup | Government | Combined | 14.5 km | 60 | 990 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barrabup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50074/barrabup/topic/education