31.6% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ranford · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ranford
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 32% of people in Ranford finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap shows a community where school leaving happens much earlier than in the rest of Western Australia. Most adults here hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.6% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the 58.8% national average. About a quarter of the population finished school in Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ranford, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 11 (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with just 8.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia; instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 33.7% of adults.
8.2% ▲ +104.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Ranford, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, nearly one-fifth are in engineering and related fields. Other common areas of study include society and culture at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government-run combined school within 3km of the area. The typical school size is 290 students, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
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).
290
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ranford
1 school — 290 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Boddington District High School, Boddington | Government | Combined | 2.4 km | 290 | 955 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ranford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51279/ranford/topic/education