30.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Palgarup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Palgarup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower education levels than most similar areas define Palgarup, where only 30.5% of residents have completed Year 12. This gap is striking compared to the national figure, leaving the community with far fewer university-qualified adults than the state or national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. Other common outcomes include 25% finishing Year 10 and 17.2% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Palgarup, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 7.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.4% of residents.
7.7% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Palgarup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are health at 11%, followed by engineering, architecture, and management, which each account for 9.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Palgarup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51193/palgarup/topic/education