35.4% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Koorda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Koorda
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 Koorda, held by 40.5% of residents. This area has much lower levels of formal schooling and degrees than the state and national figures. Only 35.4% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Koorda finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country. At 35.4%, this is 23 percentage points lower than the Western Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →Koorda splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The number of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is just 6.5%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
6.5% ▲ +40.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Koorda, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 19%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is small, with an average size of 27 students, which is much lower than most areas. It is a government school and represents the only one within 3km.
41.67
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).
27
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Koorda
1 school — 27 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Koorda Primary School, Koorda | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 27 | 984 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Koorda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50783/koorda/topic/education