44.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hamelin Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hamelin Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Hamelin Bay finished high school or earned a university degree compared to the state and national figures. Only 44.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is much lower than the Australian average of 58.8%. This gap in formal schooling is mirrored in the area's higher education rates.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer residents finished high school here than in most other areas, with 44.7% completing Year 12. This is far below the 58.0% seen across Western Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hamelin Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common in Hamelin Bay, where only 14.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the state figure of 23.8%, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 31.4%.
14.3% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Hamelin Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (18%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 31.4%, followed by Education at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most schools with an average size of 55 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).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
993
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 Hamelin Bay
1 school — 55 students, average ICSEA 993.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Karridale Primary School, Karridale | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 55 | 993 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hamelin Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50605/hamelin-bay/topic/education