40.9% ▲ +46.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
South Plantations · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in South Plantations
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment has remained low in South Plantations, where only 40.9% of residents finished Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The area is marked by a significant gap in higher qualifications compared to both the state and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. About 21.2% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 13.9% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In South Plantations, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.7% of the population, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.5% of residents.
10.7% ▲ +180.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 South Plantations, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Postgraduate degree (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering, Education, and Management & Commerce, each making up 12.7% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The single government school within 3km is larger than those in most similar areas, though it has one of the lowest average advantage scores.
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).
447
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
769
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving South Plantations
1 school — 447 students, average ICSEA 769.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Carnarvon Community College, East Carnarvon | Government | Combined | 7.1 km | 447 | 769 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in South Plantations [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51382/south-plantations/topic/education