47.8% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blythewood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blythewood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 4.3% of adults in Blythewood hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This gap is consistent with schooling levels, where only 47.8% of residents finished Year 12. The area has a workforce focused heavily on practical skills and trades.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 47.8%, completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. About 27.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Blythewood, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Qualifications are mostly practical, with 58.8% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. The proportion of people with university degrees is much lower than in most other areas.
4.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Blythewood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 87%; Bachelor degree is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 29.4%, followed by architecture and building and education, which both stand at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Blythewood has three schools within 3km, more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are generally larger than most, and two-thirds are government primary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
495
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blythewood
3 schools — 1,484 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Pinjarra Senior High School, Pinjarra | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 685 | 952 |
| Pinjarra Primary School, Pinjarra | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 609 | 935 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Pinjarra | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 190 | 994 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blythewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50133/blythewood/topic/education