33.5% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dowerin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dowerin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A typical resident in Dowerin is most likely to have a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common qualification in the area. Only 33.5% of people here finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the state and national figures, with only 33.5% of residents finishing Year 12. The most common highest year of school reached in Dowerin is Year 10, at 34.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Dowerin splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.5% of the population, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%.
10.5% ▲ +26.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Dowerin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 15.9%, followed by Society and culture at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Dowerin has 12.35 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The local school is a government-run combined primary and secondary facility with an average size of 132 students.
12.35
Higher than 79% 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).
132
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
963
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dowerin
1 school — 132 students, average ICSEA 963.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Dowerin District High School, Dowerin | Government | Combined | 3.3 km | 132 | 963 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dowerin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50424/dowerin/topic/education