72.4% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 72.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rossmoyne · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rossmoyne
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 18 percentage points separates Rossmoyne from the state average for university degrees. This is a highly educated area where 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and Year 12 completion is far above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are among the highest for similar areas. About 72.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far above the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rossmoyne, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here. The 42% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far above the Western Australian figure of 23.8%.
42.0% ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 42.0%
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 Rossmoyne, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 46%, followed by Postgraduate degree (17%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 21.9%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 17.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Rossmoyne has a very high school advantage score and large average school sizes. While there are 31 schools within 3km, the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas.
1.56
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
31
Higher than 89% 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).
708
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,126
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rossmoyne
31 schools — 21,940 students, average ICSEA 1,126.
By sector: Government 22 · Catholic 7 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 22 · Combined 5 · Secondary 4
| Rossmoyne Primary School, Rossmoyne | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 407 | 1,147 |
| Rossmoyne Senior High School, Rossmoyne | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 2,824 | 1,135 |
| All Saints' College, Bull Creek | Independent | Combined | 1.3 km | 1,374 | 1,162 |
| Aquinas College, Salter Point | Catholic | Combined | 1.7 km | 1,332 | 1,110 |
| Willetton Primary School, Willetton | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 626 | 1,133 |
| Shelley Primary School, Shelley | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 439 | 1,136 |
| Brentwood Primary School, Brentwood | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 331 | 1,116 |
| Oberthur Primary School, Bull Creek | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 646 | 1,174 |
| Orana Catholic Primary School, Willetton | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 380 | 1,095 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 564 | 1,146 |
| Bull Creek Primary School, Bull Creek | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 405 | 1,139 |
| Willetton Senior High School, Willetton | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 2,767 | 1,131 |
| Bateman Primary School, Bateman | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 371 | 1,126 |
| St Pius X Catholic School, Manning | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 172 | 1,136 |
| Burrendah Primary School, Willetton | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 554 | 1,122 |
| Queen of Apostles School, Riverton | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 208 | 1,115 |
| Castlereagh School, Willetton | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 75 | 1,070 |
| Manning Primary School, Manning | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 436 | 1,105 |
| Riverton Primary School, Riverton | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 650 | 1,127 |
| Riverton Education Support Centre, Riverton | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 44 | 1,068 |
| Corpus Christi College, Bateman | Catholic | Combined | 3.1 km | 1,789 | 1,116 |
| Rostrata Primary School, Willetton | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 947 | 1,135 |
| Applecross Senior High School, Ardross | Government | Secondary | 3.5 km | 1,962 | 1,120 |
| Ardross Primary School, Ardross | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 448 | 1,149 |
| St Benedict's School, Applecross | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 336 | 1,152 |
| Curtin Primary School, Manning | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 138 | 1,036 |
| Banksia Park Primary School, Leeming | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 286 | 1,109 |
| Winthrop Primary School, Winthrop | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 603 | 1,143 |
| West Leeming Primary School, Leeming | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 433 | 1,126 |
| OneSchool Global WA, Willetton | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 258 | 986 |
| Clontarf Aboriginal College, Waterford | Catholic | Secondary | 3.9 km | 135 | 712 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rossmoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51312/rossmoyne/topic/education