27.3% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mingenew · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mingenew
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 27.3% of people in Mingenew have completed Year 12, which is among the lowest rates for this level. This low school completion rate is mirrored in the qualifications data, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the national average, at 27.3%. Many residents finished school earlier, with 22.2% reaching Year 10 and 17.6% finishing at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mingenew, the largest group is Year 12 at 35%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.4% of the population.
6.5% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Mingenew, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 12.9%, followed by management, commerce, society, and culture at 6.9% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mingenew has a government primary school that is much smaller than most, with an average of 83 students. Despite the small size, the school has a higher advantage score than most areas.
22.22
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
83
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,029
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mingenew
1 school — 83 students, average ICSEA 1,029.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mingenew Primary School, Mingenew | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 83 | 1,029 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mingenew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50963/mingenew/topic/education