73.4% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 68.2%
- 2021: 73.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Burns Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Burns Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher proportion of people in Burns Beach finished high school compared to the rest of the state. This trend toward higher attainment is clear across the board, with 73.4% of residents completing Year 12, which is 15 percentage points above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is very common here, with 73.4% of people reaching this milestone. This is far above the Western Australian average of 58.0%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Burns Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 10 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is also more common than in most areas, as 30.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
30.4% ▲ +53.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 Burns Beach, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in management and commerce (23.0%) and engineering (18.6%), followed by health at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a much higher advantage score and are much larger than most areas, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children. Most of the 15 schools within 3km are government-run (60.0%) and primary (73.3%).
1.15
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
606
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,051
Higher 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 Burns Beach
15 schools — 9,096 students, average ICSEA 1,051.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Burns Beach Primary School, Burns Beach | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 425 | 1,074 |
| Kinross College, Kinross | Government | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,027 | 1,029 |
| Kinross Primary School, Kinross | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 700 | 1,035 |
| Francis Jordan Catholic School, Currambine | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 319 | 1,085 |
| Currambine Primary School, Currambine | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 758 | 1,045 |
| Beaumaris Primary School, Ocean Reef | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 516 | 1,070 |
| Youth Futures Community School, Clarkson | Independent | Secondary | 3.4 km | 367 | 912 |
| St Simon Peter Catholic Primary School, Ocean Reef | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 587 | 1,086 |
| St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Clarkson | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 327 | 1,046 |
| Joondalup Primary School, Joondalup | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 381 | 1,024 |
| Joondalup Education Support Centre, Joondalup | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 132 | 1,032 |
| Prendiville Catholic College, Ocean Reef | Catholic | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,086 | 1,073 |
| Mindarie Primary School, Mindarie | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 735 | 1,052 |
| Somerly Primary School, Clarkson | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 454 | 975 |
| Lake Joondalup Baptist College, Joondalup | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 1,282 | 1,102 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Burns Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50221/burns-beach/topic/education