40.0% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Eucla · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 19 percentage points separates Eucla from the national average for Year 12 completion. This sparsely populated area sees far fewer people finishing high school or holding university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. This is the most common highest level of schooling reached in the area.
40.0% ▲ +18.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Eucla, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 35%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Eucla hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is among the lowest levels seen across similar areas and sits far below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Eucla, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 29%, ahead of Agriculture & environment (21%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a result that is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Eucla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50494/eucla/topic/education