54.1% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mindarabin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mindarabin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Mindarabin have completed high school or earned a degree compared to the national average. While the area performs better than many similar small locations, there is a clear gap in formal qualifications when compared to the rest of Western Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents, 54.1%, have finished Year 12. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 58.0% and the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mindarabin, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 18.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%.
18.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Mindarabin, Bachelor degree is the majority at 54%; Certificate III / IV is next at 46%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across a few key fields, with Engineering and Agriculture and Environment both accounting for 27.3% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one small government primary school with an average size of 27 students, though its school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
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 Mindarabin
1 school — 27 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Ongerup Primary School, Ongerup | Government | Primary | 13.2 km | 27 | 948 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mindarabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50959/mindarabin/topic/education