37.3% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dumbleyung · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dumbleyung
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have completed high school or university in Dumbleyung compared to most similar areas. Only 37.3% of residents finished Year 12, and bachelor degrees are very rare at just 2.8%. This highlights a local workforce that relies more on trade and vocational certificates than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, sitting at 37.3%. About 23.8% of people left school after Year 10, and 9.4% finished in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dumbleyung, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up only 2.8%, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.5% of residents.
2.8% ▼ -59.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Dumbleyung, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 15.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 8.8%. Agriculture and environment and Society and culture both stand at 6.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school is very small with only 58 students. The local system is entirely government-run and primary-focused.
19.23
Higher than 87% 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).
58
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,007
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dumbleyung
1 school — 58 students, average ICSEA 1,007.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dumbleyung Primary School, Dumbleyung | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 58 | 1,007 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dumbleyung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50437/dumbleyung/topic/education