40.3% ▲ +43.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Guilderton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Guilderton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Guilderton have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 40.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This means a larger proportion of the local population relies on trade certificates or earlier school leaving for their skills.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.3% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 58% seen across Western Australia. Many residents left school earlier, with 31.3% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Guilderton, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with bachelor degrees or higher held by just 9.5% of adults. This is far below the national average of 26.3%, though 34.2% of people hold a Certificate III or IV.
9.5% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Guilderton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (29%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 17.7%, followed by society and culture at 13.9% and engineering at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is more common than in about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Guilderton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50593/guilderton/topic/education