44.7% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Geographe · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Geographe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Geographe. While the area has a strong mix of trade and professional skills, overall school and university completion rates are much lower than the national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 44.7%, which is far below both the Western Australian figure of 58.0% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Geographe, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 14.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result that is well below the state average and far below the national figure.
14.6% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Geographe, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce being the most common at 15.0% and 14.8% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Geographe has schools with a much higher advantage score than most areas, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than typical.
1.84
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
698
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,046
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Geographe
2 schools — 1,395 students, average ICSEA 1,046.
By sector: Government 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Busselton Primary School, Busselton | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 180 | 908 |
| Georgiana Molloy Anglican School, Yalyalup | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,215 | 1,067 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Geographe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50534/geographe/topic/education