38.1% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mulga Downs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mulga Downs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A mix of very high and low educational levels defines Mulga Downs, where nearly a quarter of adults hold a university degree. This creates a sharp contrast to the fact that only 38.1% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About a third of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Mulga Downs splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 11 at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common, with 23.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Western Australian average.
23.8% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 Mulga Downs, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 50%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is more common than in about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mulga Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51046/mulga-downs/topic/education