69.6% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 69.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brentwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Brentwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of adults in Brentwood hold a bachelor's degree or higher, making it a highly qualified area. This high level of university education is mirrored in the school results, where the typical resident has a much higher rate of Year 12 completion than most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 70% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far above the 58% seen across both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Brentwood, Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 36.2% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. This figure is far above the state average of 23.8% and well above the national figure.
36.2% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 36.2%
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 Brentwood, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 41%, followed by Certificate III / IV (20%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 21.5%, followed by engineering at 14.8% and health at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Brentwood has 25 schools within 3 km, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas. Most of these are government primary schools.
2.31
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
25
Higher than 87% 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).
806
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,130
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Brentwood
25 schools — 20,142 students, average ICSEA 1,130.
By sector: Government 19 · Catholic 5 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 18 · Combined 4 · Secondary 3
| Brentwood Primary School, Brentwood | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 331 | 1,116 |
| Bateman Primary School, Bateman | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 371 | 1,126 |
| Rossmoyne Primary School, Rossmoyne | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 407 | 1,147 |
| All Saints' College, Bull Creek | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 1,374 | 1,162 |
| Rossmoyne Senior High School, Rossmoyne | Government | Secondary | 1.6 km | 2,824 | 1,135 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 564 | 1,146 |
| Corpus Christi College, Bateman | Catholic | Combined | 1.8 km | 1,789 | 1,116 |
| Bull Creek Primary School, Bull Creek | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 405 | 1,139 |
| Winthrop Primary School, Winthrop | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 603 | 1,143 |
| Oberthur Primary School, Bull Creek | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 646 | 1,174 |
| Applecross Senior High School, Ardross | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 1,962 | 1,120 |
| Aquinas College, Salter Point | Catholic | Combined | 2.4 km | 1,332 | 1,110 |
| Ardross Primary School, Ardross | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 448 | 1,149 |
| Booragoon Primary School, Booragoon | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 435 | 1,121 |
| Willetton Primary School, Willetton | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 626 | 1,133 |
| West Leeming Primary School, Leeming | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 433 | 1,126 |
| Willetton Senior High School, Willetton | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 2,767 | 1,131 |
| St Benedict's School, Applecross | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 336 | 1,152 |
| St Pius X Catholic School, Manning | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 172 | 1,136 |
| Burrendah Primary School, Willetton | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 554 | 1,122 |
| Manning Primary School, Manning | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 436 | 1,105 |
| Castlereagh School, Willetton | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | 75 | 1,070 |
| Shelley Primary School, Shelley | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 439 | 1,136 |
| Kardinya Primary School, Kardinya | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 433 | 1,087 |
| Orana Catholic Primary School, Willetton | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 380 | 1,095 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brentwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50178/brentwood/topic/education