26.0% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ord River · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ord River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Ord River than in almost any similar area. Only 26% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a local population with much lower formal education levels than the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A small number of residents have finished secondary school, with Year 12 completion at 26%. This is far below the Western Australian average of 58%. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 10 at 24.4% and Year 11 at 11.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Ord River splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 11 at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, as only 9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.5% of people.
9.0% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Ord River, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields. The most common are Engineering and related subjects at 11.1%, followed by Society and Culture at 9.5%, and Agriculture and Environment at 7.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 3 schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most, with a typical size of 126 students, and the area has one of the highest rates of schools per 1,000 children.
25.64
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
126
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
659
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ord River
3 schools — 378 students, average ICSEA 659.
By sector: Independent 1 · Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 3
| Purnululu Aboriginal Independent Community School, Kununurra | Independent | Combined | 56.8 km | 35 | 669 |
| Halls Creek District High School, Halls Creek | Government | Combined | 60.3 km | 306 | 661 |
| Ngalangangpum School, Kununurra | Catholic | Combined | 86.9 km | 37 | 632 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ord River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51188/ord-river/topic/education