12.9% ▼ -55.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Burges · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Burges
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive gap exists between Mount Burges and the rest of the country, with only 12.9% of people completing Year 12. This is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. The area has very low levels of formal schooling and higher education compared to both the state and the nation.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 12.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 21.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Burges, the largest group is Year 10 at 36%, followed by Year 9 or below (24%) and Year 12 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Mount Burges hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result far below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 19.6% of people.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Mount Burges, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 19.6%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 7.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is much smaller than most areas with only 59 students. There is one independent primary school within 3km, which has one of the lowest advantage scores compared to similar areas.
38.46
Higher than 99% 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).
59
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
753
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Burges
1 school — 59 students, average ICSEA 753.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Primary 1
| Christian Aboriginal Parent-Directed School Kurrawang, Kalgoorlie | Independent | Primary | 49.0 km | 59 | 753 |
Sources
More for Mount Burges
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Burges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51006/mount-burges/topic/education