35.6% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mukinbudin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mukinbudin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates Mukinbudin from the national average in Year 12 completion rates. This reflects a local trend where fewer residents hold formal senior secondary or university degrees compared to the rest of the state. Most adults here have focused on practical certifications rather than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 12, followed closely by Year 10 at 30.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mukinbudin, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.6% of residents.
10.0% ▲ +66.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Mukinbudin, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have focused on a variety of practical and professional fields. Engineering leads at 15.1%, followed by Agriculture and Environment and Education, both at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mukinbudin has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas. The local system is entirely government-run, consisting of one combined school with an average size of 105 students.
15.38
Higher than 84% 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).
105
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
953
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mukinbudin
1 school — 105 students, average ICSEA 953.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Mukinbudin District High School, Mukinbudin | Government | Combined | 8.2 km | 105 | 953 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mukinbudin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51044/mukinbudin/topic/education