37.6% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Useless Loop · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Useless Loop
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents have finished high school in Useless Loop than in most other areas. Only 37.6% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This low level of formal schooling shapes the educational profile of the local population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Western Australian average, with 37.6% of residents finishing school. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 12, followed by Year 10 at 24.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Useless Loop, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.8% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV at 45.2%.
15.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 Useless Loop, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 22.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schooling is provided by one government primary school. This school is small, with an average size of 21 students, and sits among the lowest for school advantage scores.
23.26
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
21
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
887
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Useless Loop
1 school — 21 students, average ICSEA 887.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Useless Loop Primary School, Useless Loop | Government | Primary | 16.4 km | 21 | 887 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Useless Loop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51484/useless-loop/topic/education