38.9% ▲ +34.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lancelin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lancelin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Lancelin have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 38.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower formal schooling extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in other parts of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.9% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the Western Australian average of 58.0%. About 30.3% of the population listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lancelin, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.6% of residents.
13.1% ▲ +56.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Lancelin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Lancelin are most often in Engineering and related fields at 22.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11.76 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. The local system is entirely government-run and consists only of primary schools.
11.76
Higher than 78% 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).
132
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lancelin
1 school — 132 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lancelin Primary School, Lancelin | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 132 | 955 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lancelin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50830/lancelin/topic/education