42.8% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brookhampton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Brookhampton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Brookhampton have finished high school or university compared to the state and national averages. Only 42.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local profile where practical trade qualifications are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below those of Western Australia and the rest of the country. While 42.8% of people finished Year 12, about 31% reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Brookhampton, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, trade certificates are the most typical qualification, held by 42.7% of residents.
9.5% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Brookhampton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering at 22.1%, followed by Education at 13.7% and Health at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km of the area, which is more than about 66% of similar places. These schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors, and between primary and combined schools.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
291
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
971
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Brookhampton
2 schools — 581 students, average ICSEA 971.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Donnybrook District High School, Donnybrook | Government | Combined | 9.4 km | 468 | 959 |
| St Mary's School, Donnybrook | Catholic | Primary | 9.5 km | 113 | 1,019 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brookhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50188/brookhampton/topic/education