43.8% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ravensthorpe · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ravensthorpe
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Ravensthorpe have remained steady over the last decade, but the area still trails behind the rest of the state. Only 43.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Most adults here hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national levels, with only 43.8% of people finishing school. Roughly 29.3% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ravensthorpe, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by only 14.2% of adults, which is well below the Western Australian figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.1% of people.
14.2% ▲ +81.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 Ravensthorpe, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 14.5%, followed by Management and Commerce at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, though the typical school is smaller than average. All schools here are government-run and combine both primary and secondary students.
7.69
Higher than 70% 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).
103
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
978
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ravensthorpe
1 school — 103 students, average ICSEA 978.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Ravensthorpe District High School, Ravensthorpe | Government | Combined | 12.6 km | 103 | 978 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ravensthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51281/ravensthorpe/topic/education