37.3% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nabawa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nabawa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Nabawa have completed high school than the national figure, with only 37.3% finishing Year 12. This gap is seen across the board, as the area also has a much lower share of adults with university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. About 31.4% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nabawa, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 8.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 60% of residents.
8.1% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Nabawa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 73%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 21.7%, followed by Health at 16.7% and Education at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is among the smallest in the region with an average size of only 7 students.
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).
7
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
915
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nabawa
1 school — 7 students, average ICSEA 915.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Chapman Valley Primary School, Nabawa | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 7 | 915 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nabawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51071/nabawa/topic/education