41.0% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 41.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Walpole · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Walpole
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Walpole than in the rest of the state, with only 41% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Western Australia and national figures. About 31% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Walpole, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.7% of the population, well below the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.6% of residents.
14.7% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 Walpole, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering at 17.3%, society and culture at 13.5%, and health at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very high number of schools per child, though the average school size of 47 is much lower than most areas. The only school is a government primary school.
23.81
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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
999
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Walpole
1 school — 47 students, average ICSEA 999.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Walpole Primary School, Walpole | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 47 | 999 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Walpole [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51510/walpole/topic/education