22.5% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
East Rockingham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in East Rockingham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 22.5% of residents in East Rockingham finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This highlights a community where very few adults hold high-level academic degrees, with the majority of the population having finished school at Year 10 or below.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting 36 points below the Australian figure. About 30% of people here finished school at Year 10, while 18% left at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In East Rockingham, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 3.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Western Australian average, and most qualified residents instead hold a Certificate III or IV.
3.5% ▲ —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 East Rockingham, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications often focused on society and culture (11.3%) or engineering (8.7%), followed by health and management at 6% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 14 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar places. Most are government primary schools, with an average school size of 473 students.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
473
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving East Rockingham
14 schools — 6,624 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 9 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| SMYL Community College, Rockingham | Independent | Secondary | 1.7 km | 252 | 905 |
| Hillman Primary School, Hillman | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 256 | 925 |
| Kolbe Catholic College, Rockingham | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 1,270 | 1,046 |
| Rockingham Montessori School, Rockingham | Independent | Primary | 3.3 km | 272 | 1,033 |
| Leda Primary School, Leda | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 366 | 912 |
| Leda Education Support Centre, Leda | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 73 | 961 |
| Rockingham Senior High School, Rockingham | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 1,035 | 954 |
| Rockingham Senior High School Education Support Centre, Rockingham | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 76 | 984 |
| Cooloongup Primary School, Cooloongup | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 312 | 913 |
| Star of the Sea Primary School, Rockingham | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 638 | 1,041 |
| Bungaree Primary School, Rockingham | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 233 | 927 |
| Calista Primary School, Calista | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 413 | 920 |
| Peter Carnley Anglican Community School, Wellard | Independent | Combined | 4.6 km | 1,275 | 1,041 |
| Medina Primary School, Medina | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 153 | 900 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in East Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50467/east-rockingham/topic/education