36.1% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mundijong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mundijong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Mundijong have remained low compared to the rest of the state. Only 36.1% of residents have completed Year 12, and just 8.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This creates a gap of 17 points between the local area and the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 36.1%, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. Many residents left school earlier, with 31.9% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Mundijong splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 11 at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.9% of the population, a figure far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 48.2% of residents.
8.9% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Mundijong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 25%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mundijong has three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are typically large, with an average size of 684 students.
3.95
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
684
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
999
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mundijong
3 schools — 2,053 students, average ICSEA 999.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Mundijong Primary School, Mundijong | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 250 | 963 |
| Court Grammar School, Mundijong | Independent | Combined | 1.5 km | 1,022 | 1,012 |
| Woodland Grove Primary School, Byford | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 781 | 993 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mundijong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51056/mundijong/topic/education