46.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Korrelocking · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Korrelocking than the national average. Only 46% of residents completed Year 12, which is about 13 points lower than the typical Australian. This trend carries through to higher education, where the share of residents with a university degree is also much lower than in the rest of the state.
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the 58% seen across Western Australia and Australia. For those who left school earlier, about 20% finished Year 10 and 18% finished Year 11.
46.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Korrelocking, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common highest qualifications are bachelor degrees and Certificate III or IV, each held by 21.4% of residents.
12.0% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Korrelocking splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in agriculture and the environment are the most common, accounting for 28.6% of degrees and certificates. Education is another frequent field of study at 17.9%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Korrelocking [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50786/korrelocking/topic/education