47.0% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Jerdacuttup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Jerdacuttup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Jerdacuttup have remained largely steady over the last decade, though they sit well below state and national figures. Only 47% of residents finished Year 12, which is far lower than the 58.8% seen across Australia. This trend continues into higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the wider state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population, 47%, completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. For those who didn't finish high school, 15.9% reached Year 10 and 9.8% reached Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Jerdacuttup, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.8% of the population, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 24% of residents.
14.8% ▲ +35.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Jerdacuttup, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Jerdacuttup are led by Engineering and related fields at 26%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.5% and Agriculture and environment at 9.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though it is very small with a typical size of just 5 students. This school has an advantage score of 1,003, which is around the middle for similar areas.
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).
5
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,003
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Jerdacuttup
1 school — 5 students, average ICSEA 1,003.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Jerdacuttup Primary School, Ravensthorpe | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 5 | 1,003 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Jerdacuttup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50691/jerdacuttup/topic/education