48.1% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Broadwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Broadwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Broadwood have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 48.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a community where practical training and trade certificates are more common than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 48.1%, which is well below the Western Australian average of 58.0%. Around 31.2% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Broadwood, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 15.7% of adults, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are the most common, with 49.1% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
15.7% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 Broadwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often in Engineering and related fields, at 33.0%, followed by Management and commerce at 19.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 10 schools within 3km, which is more than 82% of similar areas. However, the average school advantage score is 938, which is much lower than most areas.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
353
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
938
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Broadwood
10 schools — 3,526 students, average ICSEA 938.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| O'Connor Education Support Centre, Boulder | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 52 | 920 |
| O'Connor Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 761 | 922 |
| Goldfields Baptist College, Somerville | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 239 | 1,017 |
| St Joseph's School, Boulder | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 193 | 994 |
| Kalgoorlie School Of The Air, Boulder | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 68 | 1,029 |
| Boulder Primary School, Boulder | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 263 | 869 |
| Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 854 | 890 |
| Eastern Goldfields Education Support Centre, Kalgoorlie | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 47 | 879 |
| South Kalgoorlie Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 350 | 909 |
| John Paul College, Kalgoorlie | Catholic | Secondary | 3.9 km | 699 | 1,010 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Broadwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50184/broadwood/topic/education