52.4% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Byford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Byford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 13.4% of adults in Byford hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This lack of higher qualifications is mirrored in school outcomes, where the proportion of people finishing Year 12 is well below the Western Australian and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but remains well below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Byford, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area sees a high proportion of trade and vocational training, with 43.8% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
13.4% ▲ +71.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 Byford, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications here at 21.2%, followed by management and commerce at 16.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Byford has a small number of schools compared to other areas, but these schools are much larger than usual, with an average size of 623 students.
1.47
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
623
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
990
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Byford
9 schools — 5,604 students, average ICSEA 990.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Salvado Catholic College, Byford | Catholic | Combined | 0.4 km | 867 | 1,035 |
| Byford Secondary College, Byford | Government | Secondary | 0.4 km | 1,419 | 971 |
| Byford John Calvin School, Byford | Independent | Primary | 0.8 km | 208 | 1,033 |
| Marri Grove Primary School, Byford | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 545 | 963 |
| Byford Primary School, Byford | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 426 | 969 |
| Beenyup Primary School, Byford | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 340 | 961 |
| Woodland Grove Primary School, Byford | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 781 | 993 |
| West Byford Primary School, Byford | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 817 | 992 |
| Australian Christian College - Darling Downs, Brookdale | Independent | Combined | 5.2 km | 201 | 1,028 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Byford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50230/byford/topic/education