24.5% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gascoyne Junction · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gascoyne Junction
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents have finished high school in Gascoyne Junction than in most similar areas. Only 24.5% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than across the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 24.5% compared to 58.0% in Western Australia. The most common highest year of school finished is Year 10, at 28.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gascoyne Junction, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 11.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most frequent qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.3% of residents.
11.8% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Gascoyne Junction, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 32%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 24.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 18.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government school within 3km, which is a combined primary and secondary school. It is very small, with an average size of just 6 students.
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).
6
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
Schools serving Gascoyne Junction
1 school — 6 students.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Gascoyne Junction Remote Community School, Gascoyne Junction | Government | Combined | 1.1 km | 6 | — |
Sources
More for Gascoyne Junction
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gascoyne Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50530/gascoyne-junction/topic/education