60.1% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Noranda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Noranda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people have finished high school in Noranda than in most similar areas. This trend is backed by a strong level of higher education, where 23% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 60.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is a little above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Noranda, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 23% of adults, a figure that is about the same as the state average but well below the national one.
23.0% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Noranda splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (34%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 21.2%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 17.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Noranda has 40 schools within 3km, which is among the largest counts for this level. These schools are typically larger and have a higher advantage score than those in most other areas.
2.39
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
40
Higher than 90% 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).
467
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,009
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Noranda
40 schools — 18,680 students, average ICSEA 1,009.
By sector: Government 27 · Independent 7 · Catholic 6
By type: Primary 27 · Secondary 8 · Combined 5
| Camboon Primary School, Noranda | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 322 | 1,019 |
| Noranda Primary School, Noranda | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 352 | 1,020 |
| Morley Senior High School, Noranda | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 1,013 | 1,008 |
| North Morley Primary School, Dianella | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 207 | 1,032 |
| Morley Primary School, Morley | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 228 | 1,027 |
| St Andrew's Grammar, Dianella | Independent | Combined | 2.2 km | 796 | 1,078 |
| North East Metropolitan Language Development Centre, Dianella | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 337 | 1,016 |
| West Morley Primary School, Dianella | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 303 | 1,044 |
| Weld Square Primary School, Morley | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 158 | 1,053 |
| Hampton Park Primary School, Morley | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 394 | 1,017 |
| Infant Jesus School, Morley | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 420 | 1,083 |
| West Beechboro Primary School, Beechboro | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 429 | 959 |
| South Ballajura Education Support Centre, Ballajura | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 97 | 999 |
| South Ballajura Primary School, Ballajura | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 355 | 939 |
| Boyare Primary School, Mirrabooka | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 176 | 887 |
| Mary MacKillop Catholic Community Primary School, Ballajura | Catholic | Primary | 3.0 km | 393 | 1,016 |
| Ballajura Community College, Ballajura | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 929 | 960 |
| Dianella Heights Primary School, Dianella | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 448 | 1,098 |
| Hampton Senior High School, Morley | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 1,092 | 983 |
| Embleton Primary School, Embleton | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 199 | 955 |
| Kiara College, Kiara | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 620 | 804 |
| John Forrest Secondary College, Morley | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 1,122 | 1,026 |
| Banksia Montessori School, Dianella | Independent | Primary | 3.6 km | 11 | 1,102 |
| Beechboro Primary School, Beechboro | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 273 | 813 |
| Our Lady's Assumption School, Dianella | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 371 | 1,094 |
| Beechboro Christian School, Bennett Springs | Independent | Primary | 3.7 km | 305 | 1,072 |
| Dryandra Primary School, Mirrabooka | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 176 | 883 |
| Y School WA, Mirrabooka | Independent | Secondary | 3.9 km | 103 | 944 |
| Sutherland Dianella Primary School, Dianella | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 363 | 1,083 |
| Australian Islamic College (Dianella), Dianella | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 868 | 1,018 |
| Dianella Secondary College, Dianella | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 575 | 945 |
| Dianella Primary College, Dianella | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 410 | 968 |
| Dianella Secondary College Education Support Centre, Dianella | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 116 | 977 |
| Waddington Primary School, Koondoola | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 82 | 834 |
| John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School, Mirrabooka | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 1,702 | 1,075 |
| Carmel School, Dianella | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 390 | 1,149 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic School, Lockridge | Catholic | Primary | 4.6 km | 431 | 1,064 |
| Anzac Terrace Primary School, Bassendean | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 364 | 1,025 |
| St Gerard's Catholic Primary School, Westminster | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 176 | 1,015 |
| Mercy College, Koondoola | Catholic | Combined | 4.7 km | 1,574 | 988 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Noranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51124/noranda/topic/education