65.8% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Connolly · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Connolly
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 66% of residents in Connolly completed Year 12, which is well above both the state and national figures. This high level of schooling is reflected in the local workforce, where a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much higher here than in most areas, with 65.8% of people finishing Year 12. This is 7.9 percentage points above the Western Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Connolly, Year 12 is the majority at 69%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 24.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state average.
24.5% ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 Connolly, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce (21.0%) and engineering (19.1%), followed by education and health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 26 schools within 3km, which is among the largest counts for this level. Local schools are larger than most, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in other areas.
1.73
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
26
Higher than 88% 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).
546
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,048
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Connolly
26 schools — 14,206 students, average ICSEA 1,048.
By sector: Government 20 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 18 · Secondary 7 · Combined 1
| Connolly Primary School, Connolly | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 384 | 1,062 |
| Prendiville Catholic College, Ocean Reef | Catholic | Secondary | 1.3 km | 1,086 | 1,073 |
| Alta-1 College - Joondalup Campus, Joondalup | Independent | Secondary | 1.4 km | 845 | 950 |
| St Simon Peter Catholic Primary School, Ocean Reef | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 587 | 1,086 |
| Poseidon Primary School, Heathridge | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 267 | 1,018 |
| Beaumaris Primary School, Ocean Reef | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 516 | 1,070 |
| Lake Joondalup Baptist College, Joondalup | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 1,282 | 1,102 |
| Currambine Primary School, Currambine | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 758 | 1,045 |
| Heathridge Primary School, Heathridge | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 191 | 1,011 |
| Ocean Reef Senior High School, Ocean Reef | Government | Secondary | 1.8 km | 1,353 | 1,055 |
| Francis Jordan Catholic School, Currambine | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 319 | 1,085 |
| Ocean Reef Primary School, Ocean Reef | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 192 | 1,043 |
| Eddystone Primary School, Heathridge | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 322 | 1,013 |
| Belridge Secondary College, Beldon | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 959 | 1,010 |
| Belridge Secondary Education Support Centre, Beldon | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 111 | 1,039 |
| Joondalup Primary School, Joondalup | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 381 | 1,024 |
| Joondalup Education Support Centre, Joondalup | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 132 | 1,032 |
| Beldon Primary School, Beldon | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 303 | 1,016 |
| Beldon Education Support Centre, Beldon | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 75 | 1,049 |
| Mater Dei College, Edgewater | Catholic | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,047 | 1,056 |
| Burns Beach Primary School, Burns Beach | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 425 | 1,074 |
| Mullaloo Heights Primary School, Mullaloo | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 236 | 1,070 |
| Edgewater Primary School, Edgewater | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 414 | 1,064 |
| Mullaloo Beach Primary School, Mullaloo | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 294 | 1,077 |
| Kinross Primary School, Kinross | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 700 | 1,035 |
| Kinross College, Kinross | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,027 | 1,029 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Connolly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50318/connolly/topic/education