23.3% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kambalda East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kambalda East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Kambalda East have completed high school than in most other areas, with only 23.3% finishing Year 12. This means many adults rely on trade certificates rather than university degrees to find work. The local education landscape is small and entirely government-run.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of the state, where the figure is 58%. About 23.8% of residents have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kambalda East splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 11 at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in this area, with only 3.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 28% of adults.
3.3% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Kambalda East, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Bachelor degree is next at 10%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 15.7%, followed by Management and Commerce at 8.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are smaller than most and have a lower advantage score than similar areas. There are 6.02 schools per 1,000 children, and all of them are government-run primary or combined schools.
6.02
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
206
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
865
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kambalda East
2 schools — 411 students, average ICSEA 865.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Kambalda Primary School, Kambalda East | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 119 | 884 |
| Kambalda West District High School, Kambalda West | Government | Combined | 8.9 km | 292 | 857 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kambalda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50717/kambalda-east/topic/education