48.3% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mariginiup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mariginiup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Mariginiup have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend carries through to higher education, with the area seeing much lower rates of university degrees compared to Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.3% of people here completed Year 12, which is well below the state average of 58.0%. About 25.1% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mariginiup, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.4% of the population, a figure well below the Australian average. Trade certificates are the most common qualification, held by 39.0% of residents.
16.4% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Mariginiup, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 23.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mariginiup has more schools within 3km than about 83% of similar areas, with 11 options available. These schools are generally larger than those in most other areas, with an average size of 641 students.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
641
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,000
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mariginiup
11 schools — 7,049 students, average ICSEA 1,000.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 2
| Banksia Grove Primary School, Banksia Grove | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 378 | 947 |
| Grandis Primary School, Banksia Grove | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 750 | 993 |
| St John Paul II Catholic Primary School, Banksia Grove | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 230 | 1,011 |
| Joseph Banks Secondary College, Banksia Grove | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 1,411 | 989 |
| Tapping Primary School, Tapping | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 497 | 1,023 |
| Spring Hill Primary School, Tapping | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 722 | 1,028 |
| Carramar Primary School, Carramar | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 556 | 1,023 |
| St Anthony's School, Wanneroo | Catholic | Primary | 5.6 km | 378 | 1,046 |
| East Wanneroo Primary School, Wanneroo | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 346 | 972 |
| Wanneroo Secondary College, Wanneroo | Government | Secondary | 5.9 km | 1,367 | 994 |
| Wanneroo Primary School, Wanneroo | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 414 | 985 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mariginiup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50904/mariginiup/topic/education