40.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ringbark · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ringbark
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower proportion of people in Ringbark have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 40% of residents have completed Year 12, which is 19 points below the national figure. This gap is reflected in the qualification levels, where very few adults hold university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40% of people here finished Year 12, a result far below the Western Australian average of 58%. For many residents, the highest year of school completed was Year 10, which applied to 28.9% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ringbark, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 6.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.9% of residents.
6.6% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Ringbark, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 34.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3km, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools, with an average school size of 284 students.
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).
284
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ringbark
5 schools — 1,420 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Manjimup Senior High School, Manjimup | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 573 | 983 |
| Manjimup Primary School, Manjimup | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 229 | 978 |
| Manjimup Education Support Centre, Manjimup | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 27 | 945 |
| Kearnan College, Manjimup | Catholic | Combined | 4.3 km | 338 | 1,017 |
| East Manjimup Primary School, Manjimup | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 253 | 978 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ringbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51297/ringbark/topic/education