18.8% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
St George Ranges · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 34% of people in St George Ranges left school in Year 10 or earlier. This is a place where very few residents have finished high school or earned a university degree, making it far below the state and national figures for education.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 18.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. A third of the population had Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
18.8% ▲ +12.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In St George Ranges, the largest group is Year 10 at 35%, followed by Year 9 or below (26%) and Year 11 (20%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 3.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 38.3% of people.
3.6% ▲ +55.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In St George Ranges, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in engineering, education, management, or agriculture and the environment.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than most areas, with an average size of 63 students. There are 9 schools within 3km, which is more than 81% of similar areas, and most are government-run combined schools.
21.34
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
63
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
671
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
9 schools — 563 students, average ICSEA 671.
By sector: Government 6 · Independent 3
By type: Combined 7 · Primary 2
| Wulungarra Community School, Fitzroy Crossing | Independent | Combined | 13.3 km | 17 | 625 |
| Yakanarra Community School, Fitzroy Crossing | Independent | Combined | 28.6 km | 18 | 650 |
| Ngalapita Remote Community School, Fitzroy Crossing | Government | Combined | 40.8 km | 6 | — |
| Kulkarriya Community School, Fitzroy Crossing | Independent | Combined | 42.2 km | 68 | 675 |
| Djugerari Remote Community School, Djugerari Community | Government | Primary | 51.2 km | 10 | 638 |
| Bayulu Remote Community School, Fitzroy Crossing | Government | Combined | 79.0 km | 82 | 642 |
| Fitzroy Valley District High School, Fitzroy Crossing | Government | Combined | 88.3 km | 269 | 714 |
| Wangkatjungka Remote Community School, Christmas Creek | Government | Combined | 90.6 km | 64 | 591 |
| Muludja Remote Community School, Fitzroy Crossing | Government | Primary | 102.7 km | 29 | 565 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in St George Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51401/st-george-ranges/topic/education