49.6% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newdegate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Newdegate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 9.4% of adults in Newdegate hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where trade qualifications are more common than university degrees. While school completion is higher than in many similar areas, it remains well below the Western Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Roughly half of residents, 49.6%, have completed Year 12. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is still well below the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newdegate, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 35.6% of people. This helps explain why university degrees are far below the state and national figures.
9.4% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Newdegate, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 32%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study reflect the local landscape, with 20.3% of qualifications in agriculture and environment. Engineering and health both follow at 15.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Newdegate has a very small government primary school with an average size of just 45 students. There is one school within 3km, which is more than half of similar areas.
35.71
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
45
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
967
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Newdegate
1 school — 45 students, average ICSEA 967.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Newdegate Primary School, Newdegate | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 45 | 967 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Newdegate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51109/newdegate/topic/education