46.8% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Shoalwater · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Shoalwater
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Shoalwater sits around the middle of similar areas for education levels, though it remains well below state and national benchmarks. Only 46.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This gap is mirrored in higher education, with university degrees being much less common here than across the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates in Shoalwater are far below the national average, with only 46.8% of residents finishing high school. About 25.2% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Shoalwater, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 16.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the Western Australian figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.8% of people.
16.1% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Shoalwater, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 18.9%, followed by management and commerce at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Shoalwater has a high number of schools for its size, with 11 within 3km, which is more than 83% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the typical school size is 445 students.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
445
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Shoalwater
11 schools — 4,893 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Safety Bay Primary School, Safety Bay | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 592 | 1,000 |
| Rockingham Beach Primary School, Rockingham | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 406 | 993 |
| Rockingham Beach Education Support Centre, Rockingham | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 67 | 993 |
| Star of the Sea Primary School, Rockingham | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 638 | 1,041 |
| Bungaree Primary School, Rockingham | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 233 | 927 |
| Rockingham Senior High School, Rockingham | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 1,035 | 954 |
| Rockingham Senior High School Education Support Centre, Rockingham | Government | Secondary | 3.0 km | 76 | 984 |
| Safety Bay Senior High School, Safety Bay | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,148 | 966 |
| Malibu School, Safety Bay | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 114 | 967 |
| Rockingham Montessori School, Rockingham | Independent | Primary | 3.5 km | 272 | 1,033 |
| Cooloongup Primary School, Cooloongup | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 312 | 913 |
Sources
More for Shoalwater
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Shoalwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51348/shoalwater/topic/education