44.5% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dawesville · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dawesville
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Dawesville have remained relatively steady, though they sit well below state and national figures. Only 12.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This creates a profile where trade and vocational certificates are far more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates sit at 44.5%, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. About 30% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dawesville, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualification here at 42.1%. The proportion of people with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national figure.
12.6% ▲ +34.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 Dawesville, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 21.3%, followed by management and commerce at 14.9% and education at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three primary schools within 3km, though there are far fewer schools per child than in most similar areas. The typical school size of 531 students is much higher than in most other areas.
1.39
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
531
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dawesville
3 schools — 1,594 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| St Damien's Catholic Primary School, Dawesville | Catholic | Primary | 0.6 km | 416 | 1,028 |
| Ocean Road Primary School, Dawesville | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 624 | 964 |
| Falcon Primary School, Wannanup | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 554 | 1,001 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dawesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50396/dawesville/topic/education