26.3% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pippingarra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pippingarra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Pippingarra have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 26.3% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap in schooling is reflected in the number of higher qualifications held by adults in the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.3% of people here completed Year 12, a figure that is far below both the state (58.0%) and national (58.8%) averages. This is among the lowest levels of school completion for similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Pippingarra splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (42%), with Year 11 at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 7.7% of the population. This is much lower than most areas and far below the national figure of 26.3%.
7.7% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 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 →Pippingarra splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (29%) and Certificate I / II (29%), with Certificate III / IV at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 17%, ahead of Health (17%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has five schools, which is more than 75% of similar places, though the typical school size of 496 is higher than most. All schools here are government-run, with 80% being primary schools.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
496
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
878
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pippingarra
5 schools — 2,481 students, average ICSEA 878.
By sector: Government 5
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Baler Primary School, South Hedland | Government | Primary | 13.2 km | 592 | 902 |
| Cassia Primary School, South Hedland | Government | Primary | 13.7 km | 444 | 867 |
| Cassia Education Support Centre, South Hedland | Government | Primary | 13.7 km | 42 | 828 |
| South Hedland Primary School, South Hedland | Government | Primary | 14.3 km | 265 | 815 |
| Hedland Senior High School, South Hedland | Government | Secondary | 14.9 km | 1,138 | 886 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pippingarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51251/pippingarra/topic/education