43.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warawarrup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Warawarrup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of the people in Warawarrup finished Year 12, making it an area where formal school completion is much lower than the national figure. This trend continues into higher education, with very few residents holding university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About 32.8% of people listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Warawarrup, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%, though 42.6% of people have a Certificate III or IV.
9.2% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Warawarrup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 23%, followed by management, commerce, society and culture, health, and education.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, more than 70% of similar areas. Most are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
231
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Warawarrup
3 schools — 693 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Harvey Primary School, Harvey | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 258 | 943 |
| Harvey Senior High School, Harvey | Government | Secondary | 4.4 km | 271 | 942 |
| St Anne's School, Harvey | Catholic | Primary | 4.7 km | 164 | 1,011 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Warawarrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51529/warawarrup/topic/education