37.9% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly 38% of people in Dale finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a place where high school completion is much lower than most areas, though a surprising number of adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About a quarter of the population stopped at Year 10, and another 11.5% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dale, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 18.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher—more than in most similar areas—this is still well below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 25.7% of people.
18.6% ▲ +76.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 Dale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 34%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Dale are diverse, with engineering and related fields being the most common at 16.5%. Other notable areas of study include health at 10.1% and agriculture and environment at 8.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar locations.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50372/dale/topic/education