76.2% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 76.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chowerup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Chowerup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 76% of people in Chowerup finished Year 12, a rate far above the national figure. This is a highly educated community where more than a third of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. These figures are well above the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is very high at 76.2%, which is far above the 58.8% seen across Australia. The remaining residents finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Chowerup, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 33.3% of adults, a figure well above the Western Australian average of 23.8%. Higher qualifications are common here, with 20% of adults holding a diploma or advanced diploma.
33.3% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 Chowerup, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 47%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Certificate III / IV (27%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Agriculture and Environment being the most common at 25% each, followed by Management and Commerce at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Chowerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50292/chowerup/topic/education