31.5% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kambalda West · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kambalda West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Kambalda West, held by 39.1% of adults. This is a place where far fewer people have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 31.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.5% of people here completed Year 12, a result far below the Western Australian and national figures. This is a significant gap, as the national rate is 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kambalda West splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 11 at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, with only 6.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or more. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
6.2% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 West, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study, accounting for 26% of qualifications, followed by management and commerce at 8.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two government schools, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most and have some of the lowest advantage scores.
2.67
Lower than 62% 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 West
2 schools — 411 students, average ICSEA 865.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Kambalda West District High School, Kambalda West | Government | Combined | 5.0 km | 292 | 857 |
| Kambalda Primary School, Kambalda East | Government | Primary | 8.3 km | 119 | 884 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kambalda West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50718/kambalda-west/topic/education