52.4% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pannawonica · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pannawonica
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Pannawonica have a university degree compared to the state and national figures. This gap is seen across the board, with only 12.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The local workforce is instead heavily shaped by trade and technical training.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 52.4%, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Western Australian and national figures. Roughly a quarter of residents left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pannawonica, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The community relies heavily on vocational training, with 57.1% of the highest qualifications being a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of people with bachelor degrees is far below the state average.
12.1% ▲ +38.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Pannawonica, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study for 36.2% of qualified residents. Other common fields include management and commerce at 13.3% and education at 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Pannawonica has one government combined school, though its average size of 169 students is lower than most areas. The average school advantage score of 923 is much lower than in most similar places.
4.33
Higher than 54% 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).
169
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pannawonica
1 school — 169 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Pannawonica School, Pannawonica | Government | Combined | 1.2 km | 169 | 923 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pannawonica [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51198/pannawonica/topic/education