33.7% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Brookton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Brookton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly 34% of Brookton residents finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This pattern is reflected in a smaller proportion of the community holding university degrees compared to other parts of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.7% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 33.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Brookton splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.2% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common high-level certificates held by 33.7% of residents.
9.2% ▲ +26.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Brookton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification include management and commerce at 16.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Brookton has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school size of 120 is lower than usual. All schools here are government-run combined institutions.
8.20
Higher than 72% 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).
120
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
913
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Brookton
1 school — 120 students, average ICSEA 913.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Brookton District High School, Brookton | Government | Combined | 3.2 km | 120 | 913 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Brookton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50189/brookton/topic/education