60.5% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.8%
- 2016: 54.2%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Belmont
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 60% of people in Belmont have completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high rate of school completion helps explain why about a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. Overall, the area shows a strong trend toward formal education compared to other parts of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 60.5% of residents finished Year 12, a figure that is a little above both the Western Australian and national averages. This is much higher than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Belmont, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 23.5% of adults, which is much higher than most areas and about the same as the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26.1% of people.
23.5% ▲ +42.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Belmont splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in management and commerce are the most common at 19.3%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 18.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools within 3km, with a typical school size of 427 students, which is higher than most areas. Most of these are government primary schools.
1.87
Lower than 74% 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).
427
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,042
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Belmont
27 schools — 11,534 students, average ICSEA 1,042.
By sector: Government 19 · Catholic 6 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 19 · Secondary 5 · Combined 3
| Belmont City College, Belmont | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 1,004 | 963 |
| Belmont Primary School, Belmont | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 73 | 1,011 |
| Cloverdale Education Support Centre, Cloverdale | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 99 | 1,006 |
| Cloverdale Primary School, Cloverdale | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 346 | 958 |
| Notre Dame Catholic Primary School, Cloverdale | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 418 | 1,090 |
| Rivervale Primary School, Rivervale | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 333 | 1,014 |
| Belmay Primary School, Cloverdale | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 243 | 958 |
| South East Language Development Centre, Cloverdale | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 221 | 950 |
| St Maria Goretti's Catholic School, Redcliffe | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 367 | 1,057 |
| Redcliffe Primary School, Redcliffe | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 301 | 988 |
| St Augustine's Primary School, Rivervale | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 181 | 1,114 |
| Carlisle Primary School, Kewdale | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 315 | 1,062 |
| Lathlain Primary School, Lathlain | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 673 | 1,088 |
| Kewdale Primary School, Kewdale | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 219 | 993 |
| St Clare's School, Lathlain | Catholic | Secondary | 3.2 km | 35 | 991 |
| Maylands Peninsula Primary School, Maylands | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 740 | 1,086 |
| Australian Islamic College (Kewdale), Kewdale | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,947 | 1,037 |
| Perth Montessori School, Burswood | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 92 | 1,115 |
| St Columba's School, Bayswater | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 414 | 1,125 |
| Bayswater Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 460 | 1,102 |
| East Victoria Park Primary School, East Victoria Park | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 429 | 1,088 |
| East Victoria Park Education Support Centre, East Victoria Park | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 56 | 1,049 |
| Ursula Frayne Catholic College, Victoria Park | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,442 | 1,108 |
| Ashfield Primary School, Ashfield | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 165 | 923 |
| Durham Road School, Bayswater | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 242 | 992 |
| Cyril Jackson Senior Campus, Bassendean | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 671 | 962 |
| Cyril Jackson Senior Campus Education Support Centre, Bassendean | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 48 | 973 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50105/belmont/topic/education