47.0% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Meelon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Meelon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Meelon have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 47% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a notable education gap between this area and both Western Australia and Australia as a whole.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 47%, which is far below the state average of 58%. Around 26% of residents finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Meelon, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with only 8.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, and the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 36.9%.
8.6% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Meelon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 16.9% and Health at 15.4%, followed by Management and Commerce at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government secondary school within 3km, which is larger than most schools in similar areas with an average size of 685 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).
685
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Meelon
1 school — 685 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Secondary 1
| Pinjarra Senior High School, Pinjarra | Government | Secondary | 12.0 km | 685 | 952 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Meelon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50928/meelon/topic/education