49.3% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lake King · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lake King
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Lake King, where 31.6% of adults hold one. While more people here finished Year 12 than in most similar areas, the proportion of residents with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Western Australian figure of 58%. Another 19.4% of the population finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lake King, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 4.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
4.5% ▼ -72.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Lake King, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Education being the most common at 18.4%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 15.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most other similar areas with an average size of 37 students.
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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
986
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lake King
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lake King Primary School, Lake King | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 37 | 986 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lake King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50822/lake-king/topic/education