49.1% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 49.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greenmount · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Greenmount
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Greenmount have finished Year 12 than in most similar areas. However, the area still falls well below the national and state figures for school and university completion. Only 16.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is nearly 10 percentage points lower than the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is higher here than in most similar areas, though at 49.1% it remains well below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. About 23.3% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Greenmount, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Many adults hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 33.5% of the population. The proportion of people with a bachelor degree or higher is well below the state and national averages, sitting around the middle for similar areas.
16.8% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Greenmount, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 18.0%, followed by management and commerce at 12.9%. Health and society and culture also feature prominently as top qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Greenmount has more schools within 3km than about 85% of similar areas, with 13 in total. Most of these are government primary schools, which make up 76.9% of the local sector.
4.32
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
349
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Greenmount
13 schools — 4,542 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Greenmount Primary School, Greenmount | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 380 | 997 |
| St Anthony's School, Greenmount | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 390 | 1,020 |
| Clayton View Primary School, Koongamia | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 124 | 861 |
| Swan View Primary School, Swan View | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 289 | 904 |
| Swan View Senior High School, Swan View | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 706 | 919 |
| Helena Valley Primary School, Helena Valley | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 334 | 1,022 |
| Treetops Montessori School, Darlington | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 153 | 1,083 |
| Darlington Primary School, Darlington | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 375 | 1,117 |
| Helena College, Glen Forrest | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 740 | 1,114 |
| Midvale Primary School, Midvale | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 355 | 912 |
| Moorditj Noongar Community College, Midland | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 121 | 678 |
| Glen Forrest Primary School, Glen Forrest | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 235 | 1,045 |
| Middle Swan Primary School, Stratton | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 340 | 942 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greenmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50585/greenmount/topic/education