45.1% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
McKail · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in McKail
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in McKail finished Year 12, making it an area with lower formal schooling levels than most. This trend is reflected in the workforce, where university degrees are far less common than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. About 29.6% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In McKail, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 10.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 45.4%.
10.4% ▲ +60.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 McKail, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by engineering and related subjects at 15.9% and management and commerce at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
McKail has more schools within 3km than about 79% of similar areas, with 57.1% of these being government schools. The typical school size is 368 students.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
368
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
967
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving McKail
7 schools — 2,576 students, average ICSEA 967.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 2 · Combined 2
| North Albany Senior High School, Albany | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 881 | 959 |
| Albany Secondary Education Support Centre, Albany | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 60 | 944 |
| Mount Lockyer Primary School, Albany | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 599 | 926 |
| Parklands School, Albany | Independent | Primary | 3.5 km | 112 | 1,063 |
| Yakamia Primary School, Albany | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 437 | 968 |
| John Calvin School (Albany), Albany | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 169 | 1,000 |
| Bethel Christian School, Albany | Independent | Combined | 4.9 km | 318 | 1,019 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in McKail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50920/mckail/topic/education