41.7% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hopetoun · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Hopetoun
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Hopetoun have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 41.7% completing Year 12. This creates a local profile where many adults hold practical trade certificates rather than university degrees. The area's educational landscape is modest, centered around a single small primary school.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 27.4% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hopetoun, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 12.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Western Australian average of 23.8%. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 32.6% of people.
12.3% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Hopetoun, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 20.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.8% and Health at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is much smaller than most, with an average size of 90 students and a school advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
4.76
Higher than 58% 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).
90
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
945
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Hopetoun
1 school — 90 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Hopetoun Primary School, Hopetoun | Government | Primary | 10.0 km | 90 | 945 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Hopetoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50654/hopetoun/topic/education