41.7% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kojonup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kojonup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 41.7% of people in Kojonup finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in school completion is mirrored in higher education, where the number of adults with a university degree is much lower than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Western Australian average, with nearly 30% of residents having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kojonup, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.8% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.5% of people.
12.8% ▲ +63.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Kojonup, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (34%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Fields of study are varied, with the largest groups holding qualifications in agriculture and environment at 12.9%, followed by education at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Kojonup has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school size is smaller than in other similar places.
9.17
Higher than 73% 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).
144
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
958
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kojonup
2 schools — 288 students, average ICSEA 958.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Bernard's School, Kojonup | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 64 | 988 |
| Kojonup District High School, Kojonup | Government | Combined | 2.2 km | 224 | 950 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kojonup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50771/kojonup/topic/education