29.9% ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pingelly · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pingelly
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 30% of people in Pingelly finished Year 12, a figure far below the Western Australian and national averages. This gap in early schooling is mirrored in higher education, where very few adults hold university degrees compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is 29 points lower than the national figure. This is a much lower rate of school completion than most other areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pingelly splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (34%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with bachelor degrees or higher held by just 6.5% of adults. This is far below the 23.8% seen across Western Australia.
6.5% ▲ +56.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Pingelly, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 16.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school serving the area. While the school is smaller than most and has a much lower advantage score, there are more schools per 1,000 children than in most similar areas.
9.17
Higher than 73% 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).
97
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
906
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pingelly
1 school — 97 students, average ICSEA 906.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pingelly Primary School, Pingelly | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 97 | 906 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pingelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51244/pingelly/topic/education