41.2% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pink Lake · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pink Lake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Pink Lake finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 41.2% completing Year 12. This gap in schooling is reflected in the qualification levels, where university degrees are much less common than in the state or national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. This means the area is lower than most other areas for school completion.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pink Lake, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.2% of the population, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are more common, with 40.4% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.2% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Pink Lake, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 20.5%, followed by management and commerce at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are seven schools within 3km, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools, and the average school size is 267 students.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
267
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pink Lake
7 schools — 1,869 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 4 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 3
| Esperance Education Support Centre, Esperance | Government | Secondary | 5.9 km | 14 | 912 |
| Esperance Senior High School, Esperance | Government | Secondary | 5.9 km | 761 | 946 |
| Nulsen Primary School, Esperance | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 193 | 833 |
| Esperance Christian School, Esperance | Independent | Primary | 6.6 km | 41 | 858 |
| Esperance Anglican Community School, Esperance | Independent | Secondary | 7.6 km | 308 | 1,004 |
| Esperance Primary School, Esperance | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 453 | 1,010 |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Esperance | Catholic | Primary | 7.9 km | 99 | 1,011 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pink Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51248/pink-lake/topic/education