46.1% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lower Chittering · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lower Chittering
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Lower Chittering have finished high school or university compared to the wider state. Only 46.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. This creates a local profile where trade and vocational certificates are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 27.4% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 12% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lower Chittering, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 11.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the state's 23.8%, and instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent at 44.2%.
11.7% ▲ +36.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Lower Chittering, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 25.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is only one school within 3 km, and the area has fewer schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas. This single school is a combined independent institution with an average size of 358 students.
1.98
Lower than 72% 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).
358
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher 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 Lower Chittering
1 school — 358 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| Immaculate Heart College, Lower Chittering | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 358 | 995 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lower Chittering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50863/lower-chittering/topic/education