50.2% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dandaragan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dandaragan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Dandaragan have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 50.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure. This gap extends to higher education, where the number of adults with a bachelor degree is far below the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of residents completed Year 12, a result that is higher than most similar areas but well below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. Roughly 20% of the population finished at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dandaragan, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.5% of the population, which is well below the state average of 23.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.1% of residents.
15.5% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 Dandaragan, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Dandaragan are spread across several fields, with engineering and related subjects being the most common at 19.7%, followed by management and commerce at 15.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is much smaller than most areas with only 46 students. The only school in the area is a government primary school.
21.28
Higher than 89% 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).
46
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dandaragan
1 school — 46 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dandaragan Primary School, Dandaragan | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 46 | 998 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dandaragan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50382/dandaragan/topic/education