54.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Denbarker · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A little over half of people in Denbarker have finished Year 12, which is more common than in most similar areas. While school completion is relatively high, university degrees are far less common here than across the rest of the state or country.
Highest year of school completed.
About 54.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is well below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%.
54.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Denbarker, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below both the state (23.8%) and national (26.3%) averages. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.5% of residents.
11.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Denbarker, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering, Architecture and Building, and Management and Commerce each accounting for 11.4% of the total.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of Denbarker, which is a common situation for about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Denbarker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50402/denbarker/topic/education