35.9% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kalbarri · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kalbarri
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.9% of people in Kalbarri have finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in formal schooling is reflected in the local qualification levels, with very few residents holding university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 35.9%, which is much lower than most similar areas. About 29.8% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 8.3% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kalbarri, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 8.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Western Australian average of 23.8%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 38.9% of people.
8.9% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Kalbarri, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are engineering and related trades at 19.0%, followed by management and commerce at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided entirely by government schools, with a higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas. The average school size is 208 students, which is lower than in most similar places.
5.52
Higher than 61% 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).
208
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kalbarri
1 school — 208 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Kalbarri District High School, Kalbarri | Government | Combined | 5.2 km | 208 | 981 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kalbarri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50709/kalbarri/topic/education