40.4% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Narrogin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Narrogin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Narrogin compared to the rest of the country. Only 40.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is 18 percentage points lower than the national figure. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, where the town has a much lower rate of university degrees than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures at 40.4%. Roughly a quarter of the population finished Year 10, while 11% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Narrogin, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with 12.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national average, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 32.3%.
12.4% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Narrogin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering (13.2%) and Health (12.4%) being the most common, followed by Management and commerce at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Narrogin has more schools per child than most similar areas, with four schools within 3km. Most are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is much lower than in most other areas.
5.89
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
269
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
941
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Narrogin
4 schools — 1,074 students, average ICSEA 941.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| St Matthew's School, Narrogin | Catholic | Primary | 0.3 km | 159 | 1,040 |
| Narrogin Primary School, Narrogin | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 266 | 929 |
| East Narrogin Primary School, Narrogin | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 85 | 825 |
| Narrogin Senior High School, Narrogin | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 564 | 937 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Narrogin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51093/narrogin/topic/education