45.9% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Teesdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Teesdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents have finished high school or university in Teesdale compared to the wider state. Only 45.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend extends to higher education, where the level of university degrees is also well below the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian average of 58%. About 24.3% of residents peaked at Year 10, while 5.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Teesdale, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most of the country, with only 16% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent, held by 33.3% of residents.
16.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Teesdale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area often work in health (17.8%) or engineering (15.6%). Those studying agriculture, environment, education, and society and culture each make up 8.9% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is much smaller than typical schools with an average of 47 students. This school has an advantage score of 1,015, which is higher than most areas.
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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,015
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Teesdale
1 school — 47 students, average ICSEA 1,015.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dwellingup Primary School, Dwellingup | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 47 | 1,015 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Teesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51439/teesdale/topic/education