20.0% ▲ —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
The Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in The Lakes
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About one in five adults in The Lakes holds a university degree, which is more common here than in most similar areas. This is the most frequent high-level qualification in the area, although it remains well below state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 63%, ahead of Year 10 (47%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In The Lakes, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 20% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, this is 3.8 percentage points lower than the Western Australian figure and 6.3 points below the Australian average.
Highest qualification level
View on map →In The Lakes, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 36%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 27%, ahead of Society & culture (27%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation that is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in The Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51443/the-lakes/topic/education