61.9% ▲ +28.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Embleton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Embleton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more residents in Embleton have completed Year 12 than in most similar areas. This educational trend is seen in the adult population, where 25.8% hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 23.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high here at 61.9%, which is well above the national figure of 58.8%. For those who finished school earlier, 15.1% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Embleton, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About one in four adults holds a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualifications are bachelor degrees at 29.3% and Certificate III or IVs at 26.3%.
25.8% ▲ +68.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Embleton splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (35%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 21.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
While there are 33 schools within 3 km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas. Most of these are government primary schools.
1.60
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
33
Higher than 89% 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).
477
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,035
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Embleton
33 schools — 15,740 students, average ICSEA 1,035.
By sector: Government 24 · Catholic 7 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 25 · Secondary 6 · Combined 2
| Embleton Primary School, Embleton | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 199 | 955 |
| John Forrest Secondary College, Morley | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,122 | 1,026 |
| Hillcrest Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 496 | 1,066 |
| Weld Square Primary School, Morley | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 158 | 1,053 |
| Chisholm Catholic College, Bedford | Catholic | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,738 | 1,079 |
| Durham Road School, Bayswater | Government | Combined | 1.6 km | 242 | 992 |
| Hampton Park Primary School, Morley | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 394 | 1,017 |
| Hampton Senior High School, Morley | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 1,092 | 983 |
| Morley Primary School, Morley | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 228 | 1,027 |
| Bayswater Primary School, Bayswater | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 460 | 1,102 |
| St Columba's School, Bayswater | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 414 | 1,125 |
| Infant Jesus School, Morley | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 420 | 1,083 |
| Anzac Terrace Primary School, Bassendean | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 364 | 1,025 |
| West Morley Primary School, Dianella | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 303 | 1,044 |
| St Peter's Primary School, Inglewood | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 626 | 1,107 |
| North East Metropolitan Language Development Centre, Dianella | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 337 | 1,016 |
| Noranda Primary School, Noranda | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 352 | 1,020 |
| Inglewood Primary School, Inglewood | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 630 | 1,127 |
| Ashfield Primary School, Ashfield | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 165 | 923 |
| Cyril Jackson Senior Campus, Bassendean | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 671 | 962 |
| Cyril Jackson Senior Campus Education Support Centre, Bassendean | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 48 | 973 |
| Eden Hill Primary School, Eden Hill | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 414 | 1,019 |
| Camboon Primary School, Noranda | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 322 | 1,019 |
| Maylands Peninsula Primary School, Maylands | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 740 | 1,086 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic School, Lockridge | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 431 | 1,064 |
| Australian Islamic College (Dianella), Dianella | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 868 | 1,018 |
| St Michael's School, Bassendean | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 208 | 1,109 |
| Kiara College, Kiara | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 620 | 804 |
| Our Lady's Assumption School, Dianella | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 371 | 1,094 |
| Casa Mia Montessori Community School, Bassendean | Independent | Primary | 3.8 km | 53 | 1,094 |
| West Beechboro Primary School, Beechboro | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 429 | 959 |
| Mount Lawley Primary School, Mount Lawley | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 543 | 1,155 |
| Lockridge Primary School, Lockridge | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 282 | 851 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Embleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50484/embleton/topic/education