38.8% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bencubbin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bencubbin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Bencubbin have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 38.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is 20 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. About 28.2% of people had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bencubbin, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 6.4% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Trade certificates are more common, with 41.7% holding a Certificate III or IV.
6.4% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Bencubbin, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 17.9%, followed by agriculture and environment at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the local primary school is much smaller than most others with an average of 28 students.
33.33
Higher than 96% 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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
936
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bencubbin
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 936.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bencubbin Primary School, Bencubbin | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 28 | 936 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bencubbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50106/bencubbin/topic/education