62.4% ▲ +37.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beckenham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Beckenham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over 62% of people in Beckenham finished Year 12, which is well above the state and national figures. This creates a highly educated profile for the area, with a high number of residents holding university degrees and professional qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher than most similar areas, sitting at 62.4% compared to 58% for Western Australia. Around 15.8% of residents finished Year 10, while 7.8% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Beckenham, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most areas. This includes a 27.5% share of bachelor degrees and 9.6% with postgraduate qualifications.
25.0% ▲ +103.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Beckenham splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19% and engineering at 18.3%. Other common qualifications include health at 9.8% and society and culture at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are larger than most, with an average size of 549 students. While there are 27 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is among the lowest for this level.
0.56
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
27
Higher than 88% 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).
549
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,022
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Beckenham
27 schools — 14,819 students, average ICSEA 1,022.
By sector: Government 17 · Independent 5 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 14 · Secondary 7 · Combined 6
| Beckenham Primary School, Beckenham | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 391 | 992 |
| Kenwick School, Kenwick | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 101 | 972 |
| Communicare Academy, Kenwick | Independent | Secondary | 1.8 km | 70 | 896 |
| Gibbs Street Primary School, East Cannington | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 602 | 1,043 |
| Rehoboth Christian College, Kenwick | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 1,009 | 1,119 |
| Sevenoaks Senior College, Cannington | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 439 | 964 |
| East Kenwick Primary School, Kenwick | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 385 | 913 |
| Brookman Primary School, Langford | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 323 | 963 |
| Cannington Community College, Cannington | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 819 | 983 |
| Cannington Community Education Support Centre, Cannington | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 127 | 984 |
| St Joseph's School, Queens Park | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 432 | 1,075 |
| St Norbert College, Queens Park | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 910 | 1,060 |
| Queens Park Primary School, Queens Park | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 336 | 1,005 |
| Al-Ameen College, Langford | Independent | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,145 | 1,087 |
| Yale Primary School, Thornlie | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 398 | 969 |
| St Jude's Catholic School, Langford | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 189 | 1,049 |
| Australian Islamic College (Thornlie), Thornlie | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 733 | 1,019 |
| Thornlie Primary School, Thornlie | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 470 | 941 |
| St Francis' School, Maddington | Catholic | Secondary | 3.5 km | 39 | 975 |
| Bannister Creek Primary School, Lynwood | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 607 | 1,036 |
| Wattle Grove Primary School, Wattle Grove | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 870 | 1,073 |
| Fountain College - Ferndale Campus, Ferndale | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 608 | 1,022 |
| Lynwood Senior High School, Parkwood | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 1,264 | 1,002 |
| Parkwood Primary School, Parkwood | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 619 | 1,030 |
| Thornlie Senior High School, Thornlie | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 1,125 | 969 |
| South Thornlie Primary School, Thornlie | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 421 | 997 |
| Sacred Heart Primary School, Thornlie | Catholic | Primary | 4.9 km | 387 | 1,050 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beckenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50090/beckenham/topic/education