65.1% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 65.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ocean Reef · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ocean Reef
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Well above the state average, 65.1% of Ocean Reef residents have completed Year 12. This reflects a highly educated local population where high school completion and university degrees are much more common than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the national figure at 65.1%, which is 6.2 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ocean Reef, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a strong academic profile, with 26% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is a little above the Western Australian average and about the same as the national figure.
26.0% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Ocean Reef splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 20.2%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 20.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Ocean Reef has 28 schools within 3km, which is among the largest number for this level. These schools are typically much larger than those in most areas, and the average school advantage score is also much higher.
3.52
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
28
Higher than 88% 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).
599
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,057
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ocean Reef
28 schools — 16,783 students, average ICSEA 1,057.
By sector: Government 20 · Catholic 5 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 19 · Secondary 7 · Combined 2
| Ocean Reef Senior High School, Ocean Reef | Government | Secondary | 0.1 km | 1,353 | 1,055 |
| Prendiville Catholic College, Ocean Reef | Catholic | Secondary | 0.7 km | 1,086 | 1,073 |
| Ocean Reef Primary School, Ocean Reef | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 192 | 1,043 |
| St Simon Peter Catholic Primary School, Ocean Reef | Catholic | Primary | 0.7 km | 587 | 1,086 |
| Beaumaris Primary School, Ocean Reef | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 516 | 1,070 |
| Poseidon Primary School, Heathridge | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 267 | 1,018 |
| Connolly Primary School, Connolly | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 384 | 1,062 |
| Mullaloo Beach Primary School, Mullaloo | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 294 | 1,077 |
| Heathridge Primary School, Heathridge | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 191 | 1,011 |
| Mullaloo Heights Primary School, Mullaloo | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 236 | 1,070 |
| Beldon Primary School, Beldon | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 303 | 1,016 |
| Beldon Education Support Centre, Beldon | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 75 | 1,049 |
| Belridge Secondary College, Beldon | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 959 | 1,010 |
| Belridge Secondary Education Support Centre, Beldon | Government | Secondary | 2.7 km | 111 | 1,039 |
| Alta-1 College - Joondalup Campus, Joondalup | Independent | Secondary | 2.8 km | 845 | 950 |
| Currambine Primary School, Currambine | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 758 | 1,045 |
| Eddystone Primary School, Heathridge | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 322 | 1,013 |
| Francis Jordan Catholic School, Currambine | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 319 | 1,085 |
| Lake Joondalup Baptist College, Joondalup | Independent | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,282 | 1,102 |
| Whitford Catholic Primary School, Craigie | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 637 | 1,092 |
| Burns Beach Primary School, Burns Beach | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 425 | 1,074 |
| Mater Dei College, Edgewater | Catholic | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,047 | 1,056 |
| Springfield Primary School, Kallaroo | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 232 | 1,053 |
| Craigie Heights Primary School, Craigie | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 365 | 1,036 |
| Edgewater Primary School, Edgewater | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 414 | 1,064 |
| St Mark's Anglican Community School, Hillarys | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 1,856 | 1,112 |
| Kinross Primary School, Kinross | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 700 | 1,035 |
| Kinross College, Kinross | Government | Secondary | 4.6 km | 1,027 | 1,029 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ocean Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51176/ocean-reef/topic/education