88.5% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 86.0%
- 2016: 86.4%
- 2021: 88.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Crawley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Crawley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive gap in educational attainment separates Crawley from the rest of the country, with 45.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This makes the area one of the most qualified in the region, where nearly half the population has reached a high level of university study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are far above the national figure, as 88.5% of residents completed Year 12. This is 30 points higher than the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Crawley, Year 12 is the majority at 94%; Year 10 is next at 3%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is among the most highly qualified in the state, with 45.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 23.8%, with 28% of residents holding postgraduate degrees.
45.4% ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.5%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 45.4%
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 Crawley, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Postgraduate degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (10%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 17.4%, followed by natural and physical sciences at 15.8% and society and culture at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much larger than most areas, with an average size of 599 students. There are 16 schools within 3km, and they hold an advantage score among the highest at this level.
16
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).
599
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,154
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Crawley
16 schools — 9,581 students, average ICSEA 1,154.
By sector: Government 12 · Catholic 2 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 13 · Secondary 3
| Nedlands Primary School, Nedlands | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 473 | 1,180 |
| Hollywood Primary School, Nedlands | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 358 | 1,174 |
| Rosalie Primary School, Shenton Park | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 470 | 1,178 |
| Dalkeith Primary School, Dalkeith | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 330 | 1,183 |
| Shenton College, Shenton Park | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 2,757 | 1,160 |
| Shenton College Deaf Education Centre, Shenton Park | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 36 | 988 |
| St Thomas' Primary School, Claremont | Catholic | Primary | 3.1 km | 176 | 1,169 |
| Moerlina School, Mount Claremont | Independent | Primary | 3.1 km | 50 | 1,143 |
| Quintilian School, Mount Claremont | Independent | Primary | 3.1 km | 160 | 1,182 |
| St Columba's Catholic Primary School, South Perth | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 381 | 1,140 |
| Subiaco Primary School, Subiaco | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 706 | 1,169 |
| South Perth Primary School, South Perth | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 395 | 1,122 |
| Jolimont Primary School, Jolimont | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 421 | 1,164 |
| Applecross Primary School, Applecross | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 571 | 1,155 |
| Mount Claremont Primary School, Mount Claremont | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 325 | 1,141 |
| Bob Hawke College, Subiaco | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 1,972 | 1,129 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Crawley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50353/crawley/topic/education