45.5% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Narrikup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Narrikup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Narrikup has remained steady over the last decade, though levels of formal schooling are noticeably lower than across the state. Only 45.5% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. For those who left earlier, Year 10 was the most common exit point at 25.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Narrikup, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 12.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more typical at 29.0%.
12.9% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
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 Narrikup, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Narrikup are spread across various fields, most commonly in agriculture and environment at 11.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is sparsely served by education facilities, with no schools located within 3 km.
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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 Narrikup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51092/narrikup/topic/education