43.1% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stratton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Stratton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower proportion of people in Stratton have finished high school compared to the state and national figures. Only 43.1% of residents completed Year 12, and just 8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This creates a significant gap in formal qualifications when compared to the rest of Western Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. Many others finished school earlier, with 29.3% of people reaching Year 10 as their highest level.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Stratton, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, as the 8% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 44.9% of the group.
8.0% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Stratton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Stratton are most common in engineering and related fields at 17%, followed by society and culture at 14.7% and management and commerce at 14.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 11 schools within 3km, but the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than most areas. The schools here are much larger than typical, with an average size of 556 students.
1.30
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
556
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Stratton
11 schools — 6,119 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3
| Middle Swan Primary School, Stratton | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 340 | 942 |
| Moorditj Noongar Community College, Midland | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 121 | 678 |
| Swan View Primary School, Swan View | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 289 | 904 |
| Swan View Senior High School, Swan View | Government | Secondary | 2.2 km | 706 | 919 |
| St Brigid's Primary School, Middle Swan | Catholic | Primary | 2.5 km | 402 | 1,030 |
| Swan Christian College, Middle Swan | Independent | Secondary | 2.7 km | 1,689 | 1,059 |
| Midvale Primary School, Midvale | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 355 | 912 |
| St Anthony's School, Greenmount | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 390 | 1,020 |
| Greenmount Primary School, Greenmount | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 380 | 997 |
| La Salle College, Middle Swan | Catholic | Secondary | 3.5 km | 1,346 | 1,028 |
| Helena River Steiner School, Midland | Independent | Primary | 4.2 km | 101 | 1,037 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stratton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51413/stratton/topic/education