72.0% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bushmead · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bushmead
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more people in Bushmead finished high school than in most other areas, with 72% completing Year 12. This high level of schooling is reflected in the professional profile of the area, where nearly 30% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A strong 72% of residents completed Year 12, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 58%. Very few people stopped their schooling at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bushmead, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 10 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 29.3%, which is well above both the state and national figures. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 33.6% of residents.
29.3% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bushmead splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (37%) and Bachelor degree (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in engineering and related fields (22.2%) or management and commerce (18.7%). Education and health also make up a significant share of degrees held.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bushmead has 12 schools within 3km, which is more than about 84% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, with an average school size of 334 students.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
334
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bushmead
12 schools — 4,004 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 1
| Helena Valley Primary School, Helena Valley | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 334 | 1,022 |
| Clayton View Primary School, Koongamia | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 124 | 861 |
| Maida Vale Primary School, Maida Vale | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 442 | 1,019 |
| High Wycombe Primary School, High Wycombe | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 387 | 972 |
| Edney Primary School, High Wycombe | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 386 | 972 |
| Matthew Gibney Catholic Primary School, High Wycombe | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 211 | 1,056 |
| St Anthony's School, Greenmount | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 390 | 1,020 |
| Gooseberry Hill Primary School, Gooseberry Hill | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 429 | 1,069 |
| Midvale Primary School, Midvale | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 355 | 912 |
| Mary's Mount Primary School, Gooseberry Hill | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 196 | 1,075 |
| Indie School Western Australia, Midland | Independent | Secondary | 4.4 km | 362 | 942 |
| Woodbridge Primary School, Woodbridge | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 388 | 1,012 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bushmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50227/bushmead/topic/education