72.5% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 67.3%
- 2021: 72.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hammond Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hammond Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of formal learning shape daily life in Hammond Park, where 72.5% of adults have completed Year 12. This figure is far above the national average of 58.8%, marking it as an area with some of the highest school completion rates in the region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates are very high here, with 72.5% of people finishing Year 12. This is 15 percentage points higher than the Western Australian average and far above the Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hammond Park, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A higher number of adults hold university degrees compared to most areas, with 30.5% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the 23.8% seen across Western Australia.
30.5% ▲ +59.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Hammond Park splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 20.4%, followed closely by management and commerce at 20.1%. Health studies at 12.6% are also common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 10 schools within 3km, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the average school size is much larger than usual.
2.06
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
10
Higher than 79% 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).
651
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,047
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 Hammond Park
10 schools — 6,510 students, average ICSEA 1,047.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 2
| Hammond Park Primary School, Hammond Park | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 858 | 1,061 |
| Hammond Park Secondary College, Hammond Park | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 1,069 | 1,021 |
| Hammond Park Catholic Primary School, Hammond Park | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 408 | 1,078 |
| Jilbup Primary School, Hammond Park | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 294 | 1,054 |
| Aubin Grove Primary School, Aubin Grove | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 923 | 1,076 |
| Harmony Primary School, Atwell | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 501 | 1,063 |
| Atwell College, Atwell | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 831 | 1,003 |
| Jandakot Primary School, Success | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 539 | 1,050 |
| Success Primary School, Success | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 582 | 1,048 |
| Atwell Primary School, Atwell | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 505 | 1,047 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hammond Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50610/hammond-park/topic/education