40.4% ▲ +26.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Corrigin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Corrigin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Corrigin have finished high school or university compared to other parts of the country. Only 40.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This pattern reflects a community where practical training and trade certificates are more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Western Australian and national figures, with only 40.4% of residents finishing. About 29.7% of people stopped at Year 10, and 11.0% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Corrigin, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 7.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national average. Instead, trade qualifications are more common, with 36.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
7.5% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Corrigin, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are Engineering and related fields at 21.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.7% and Health at 9.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 10.20 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The local school is a government-run combined primary and secondary school with a typical size of 125 students.
10.20
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
125
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Corrigin
1 school — 125 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Corrigin District High School, Corrigin | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 125 | 955 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Corrigin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50340/corrigin/topic/education