12.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Meru · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Meru
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 12% of residents in Meru have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This lack of formal schooling is reflected in the wider community, where university degrees are very rare compared to other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Most people here finished school at Year 10, accounting for 72.2% of residents. This explains why the 12% Year 12 completion rate is among the lowest for similar areas and sits 47 points below the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Meru, Year 10 is the majority at 75%; Year 12 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon in Meru, with only 2.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%.
2.8% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Meru splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, 15% have studied engineering and related fields.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Meru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50940/meru/topic/education