54.7% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.9%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dalyellup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dalyellup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A growing number of residents have shifted their educational profiles since 2011, though Dalyellup still sits well below national levels for high-level schooling. About 18.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is more common than in most similar areas but far lower than the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 54.7%, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dalyellup, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 38.5% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. While 18.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, this remains well below the national figure of 26.3%.
18.5% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 Dalyellup, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related roles at 18.8%, followed by management and commerce at 15.7% and health at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11 schools within 3 km, which is more than 83% of similar areas, though there are only 1.64 schools per 1,000 children. Most are government schools, and the typical school size of 460 students is higher than in most areas.
1.64
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
460
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dalyellup
11 schools — 5,064 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| Dalyellup College, Dalyellup | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 576 | 970 |
| Dalyellup Primary School, Dalyellup | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 448 | 970 |
| Bunbury Baptist College, Dalyellup | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 792 | 1,013 |
| Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School, Gelorup | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 663 | 1,100 |
| Tuart Forest Primary School, Dalyellup | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 459 | 967 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, Bunbury | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 418 | 1,041 |
| Maidens Park Primary School, Bunbury | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 178 | 823 |
| Newton Moore Senior High School, South Bunbury | Government | Secondary | 5.9 km | 485 | 903 |
| Newton Moore Education Support Centre, Bunbury | Government | Secondary | 5.9 km | 80 | 995 |
| Adam Road Primary School, South Bunbury | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 418 | 933 |
| Manea Senior College, Bunbury | Government | Secondary | 6.1 km | 547 | 1,033 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dalyellup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50376/dalyellup/topic/education