57.7% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mills Lake · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mills Lake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher school completion rates than most similar areas define Mills Lake, where 57.7% of residents finished Year 12. While basic schooling levels are strong, the area has far fewer university degrees than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Around 57.7% of people finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas and about the same as the Western Australian figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mills Lake, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is far below both the state (23.8%) and national (26.3%) averages.
9.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Mills Lake, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 73%; Bachelor degree is next at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 60%, ahead of Health (30%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school, which is much smaller than typical schools in similar areas with an average size of 27 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).
27
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
948
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mills Lake
1 school — 27 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ongerup Primary School, Ongerup | Government | Primary | 16.0 km | 27 | 948 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mills Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50954/mills-lake/topic/education