47.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Karalundi · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Karalundi
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Karalundi sits around the middle of similar areas for schooling and higher degrees. While 47.5% of people have finished Year 12, this is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. Higher education is also less common here than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have finished high school here compared to the wider region, with only 47.5% completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Karalundi, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.3% of the population, which is well below the state average of 23.8%.
14.3% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Karalundi splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are education at 37% and architecture and building at 25.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one independent secondary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 41 students. It also has a school advantage score of 528, among the lowest at this level.
50.00
Higher than 99% 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).
41
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
528
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Karalundi
1 school — 41 students, average ICSEA 528.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Secondary 1
| Karalundi College, Via Meekatharra | Independent | Secondary | 0.6 km | 41 | 528 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Karalundi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50723/karalundi/topic/education