36.7% ▲ +27.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
College Grove · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in College Grove
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-one per cent of residents in College Grove have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling. This is a place where formal education levels are generally low, with far fewer people finishing Year 12 compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.7% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. This is lower than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →College Grove splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (45%) and Year 12 (40%), with Year 11 at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. However, many residents hold trade qualifications, with 43.2% holding a Certificate III or IV.
13.1% ▲ +62.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 College Grove, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 15.9%, followed by Management and Commerce at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 18 schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than about 88% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools.
3.60
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
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).
396
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
993
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving College Grove
18 schools — 7,131 students, average ICSEA 993.
By sector: Government 13 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 5 · Combined 3
| Manea Senior College, Bunbury | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 547 | 1,033 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Bunbury | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 418 | 1,041 |
| Newton Moore Senior High School, South Bunbury | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 485 | 903 |
| Newton Moore Education Support Centre, Bunbury | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 80 | 995 |
| Adam Road Primary School, South Bunbury | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 418 | 933 |
| Tuart Forest Primary School, Dalyellup | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 459 | 967 |
| Carey Park Primary School, Carey Park | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 282 | 900 |
| Maidens Park Primary School, Bunbury | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 178 | 823 |
| College Row School, South Bunbury | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 46 | 965 |
| Bunbury Catholic College, Bunbury | Catholic | Secondary | 3.5 km | 954 | 1,048 |
| Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School, Bunbury | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 98 | 684 |
| Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, Gelorup | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 663 | 1,100 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bunbury | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 215 | 1,078 |
| Bunbury Baptist College, Dalyellup | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 792 | 1,013 |
| South Bunbury Education Support Centre, South Bunbury | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 79 | 960 |
| South Bunbury Primary School, South Bunbury | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 393 | 989 |
| Dalyellup Primary School, Dalyellup | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 448 | 970 |
| Dalyellup College, Dalyellup | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 576 | 970 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in College Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50309/college-grove/topic/education