42.7% ▲ +43.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Durack · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Durack
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Engineering and management are the most common fields of study in Durack, where 19.3% of qualified residents hold degrees in either. While professional qualifications are present, the area has a much lower rate of high school and university completion compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.7% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. Around 22.1% of the population had Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Durack, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.8% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27.7% of residents.
13.8% ▲ +69.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 Durack, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often in engineering or management and commerce, each at 19.3%. Other common areas of study include food, hospitality and personal services at 9.6% and agriculture and environment at 7.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Durack has a high number of schools per child, though they are much smaller than most areas with an average size of 48 students. The local schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
27.78
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
48
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
671
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Durack
4 schools — 192 students, average ICSEA 671.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 2
| Dawul Remote Community School, Kununurra | Government | Primary | 72.0 km | 8 | — |
| Wyndham District High School, Wyndham | Government | Combined | 102.5 km | 112 | 660 |
| St Joseph's School, Wyndham | Catholic | Primary | 102.9 km | 35 | 747 |
| Ngalangangpum School, Kununurra | Catholic | Combined | 110.5 km | 37 | 632 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50442/durack/topic/education