31.1% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wandering · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wandering
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Wandering compared to the rest of the country. Only 31.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where very few adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much lower than most areas, sitting at 31.1%. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. About 26.2% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wandering, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.8% of the community.
6.3% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Wandering, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related fields at 15.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.3%.
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 schools with an average size of 26 students. The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar places.
16.95
Higher than 86% 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).
26
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,008
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wandering
1 school — 26 students, average ICSEA 1,008.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wandering Primary School, Wandering | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 26 | 1,008 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wandering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51518/wandering/topic/education