37.3% ▲ +28.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Capel · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Capel
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have shifted slowly in Capel, but the area still sees far fewer people finishing school than the national average. Only 37.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is much lower than the 58.8% seen across Australia. This gap is reflected in the local qualifications, where a small minority hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 37.3% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. About 32.8% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Capel splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 11 at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 10.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 43.5%.
10.3% ▲ +44.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Capel, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering at 18.8% and Society and Culture at 14.7%. Health and Management and Commerce both account for 10.9% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Capel has two schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between government and independent sectors, and are smaller than those in most other areas.
3.77
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
193
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
991
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Capel
2 schools — 385 students, average ICSEA 991.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Capel Primary School, Capel | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 320 | 979 |
| South-West John Calvin Christian College, Capel | Independent | Combined | 1.8 km | 65 | 1,051 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50251/capel/topic/education