38.6% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wagerup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wagerup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.6% of people in Wagerup have finished Year 12, making it an area where far fewer residents have completed secondary school than in most other parts of the country. This lack of formal schooling is reflected in a very low rate of higher education qualifications across the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the state and national figures, with only 38.6% of residents finishing. In contrast, 20.5% of people stopped at Year 10, and another 20.5% left school at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wagerup, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 9 or below (26%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, as only 7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, making up 50% of the total.
7.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Wagerup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are health and society and culture, each at 16.7%. Engineering and food, hospitality and personal services each account for 12.5% of qualifications.
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 most other schools with an average size of 48 students. This school has an advantage score of 875, among the lowest at this level.
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).
48
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
875
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wagerup
1 school — 48 students, average ICSEA 875.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Yarloop Primary School, Yarloop | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 48 | 875 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wagerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51499/wagerup/topic/education