47.7% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Drummond Cove · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Drummond Cove
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Typical education levels in Drummond Cove are around the middle for similar areas, though the area sits well below state and national figures. Only 47.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. This suggests a workforce with a strong lean toward practical skills rather than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents finished Year 12, a result far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. About 25% of people stopped after Year 10, while 14.7% reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Drummond Cove, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% national average. Trade qualifications are more common here, with 40.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
16.0% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Drummond Cove, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most likely to have studied Engineering and related fields at 21.2%, followed by Management and Commerce at 16.1% and Education at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one independent combined school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school is smaller than most others, with an average size of 111 students.
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).
111
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower 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 Drummond Cove
1 school — 111 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Leaning Tree Steiner School, Glenfield | Independent | Combined | 1.7 km | 111 | 982 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Drummond Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50426/drummond-cove/topic/education