38.2% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kirup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kirup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Kirup have completed high school than in most other areas, with only 38.2% finishing Year 12. This lower level of formal schooling is reflected in the local qualification rates, which sit far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australia figure of 58%. About 35.9% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kirup splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (46%) and Year 10 (44%), with Year 11 at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 10% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.2% of residents.
10.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Kirup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Agriculture & environment and Society & culture both at 14.9%. Health and Food, hospitality & personal services follow at 10.8% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by a single government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools. While the area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
28.57
Higher than 93% 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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
916
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kirup
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 916.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kirup Primary School, Kirup | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 28 | 916 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kirup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50768/kirup/topic/education