43.8% ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gnowangerup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gnowangerup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 43.8% of people in Gnowangerup have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in school completion is mirrored in higher education, where the town has much lower rates of university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in most similar areas. Only 43.8% completed Year 12, which is 15 points lower than the Australian figure, while 29.2% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gnowangerup, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 34%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher qualifications are uncommon in Gnowangerup, with just 9.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 23.8% seen across Western Australia, though nearly 40% of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.6% ▲ +96.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Gnowangerup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Gnowangerup are spread across several fields, led by engineering and related subjects at 16.3%, followed by management and commerce at 11.6% and education at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the local school is smaller than average. The only school within 3km is a government combined primary and secondary school.
8.13
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
145
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
963
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gnowangerup
1 school — 145 students, average ICSEA 963.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Gnowangerup District High School, Gnowangerup | Government | Combined | 0.4 km | 145 | 963 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50564/gnowangerup/topic/education