45.0% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Torbay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Torbay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Torbay have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 45% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. This trend extends to higher education, where the share of adults with a university degree is also much lower than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. About 19.7% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Torbay, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 12.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the state average of 23.8%. Trade certificates are more typical, with 28.9% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.3% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Torbay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 13.8%, followed by society and culture at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for educational facilities than about 59% of similar places.
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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 Torbay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51462/torbay/topic/education