45.0% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warnbro · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Warnbro
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Warnbro have finished high school or university compared to state and national figures. Only 45% of residents completed Year 12, which is 14 percentage points below the Australian average. This gap extends to higher education, where bachelor degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of the population finished Year 12, a result far below the 58% seen across Western Australia. This is the most common highest level of schooling, while 28.2% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Warnbro, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, trade and vocational training are more typical, with 45.7% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
10.2% ▲ +46.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Warnbro, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related services at 21.8%, followed by management and commerce at 14.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Warnbro has 25 schools within 3km, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, and the typical school size is much larger than in most other areas.
2.70
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
25
Higher than 87% 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).
528
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Warnbro
25 schools — 13,204 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 19 · Independent 4 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 17 · Combined 5 · Secondary 3
| Peel Language Development School, Port Kennedy | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 265 | 935 |
| Rockingham Lakes Primary School, Port Kennedy | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 450 | 952 |
| Koorana Primary School, Warnbro | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 377 | 936 |
| Koorana Education Support Centre, Warnbro | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 92 | 979 |
| Warnbro Community High School, Warnbro | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 815 | 933 |
| Warnbro Community High School Education Support Centre, Warnbro | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 94 | 919 |
| Port Kennedy Primary School, Port Kennedy | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 362 | 956 |
| Living Waters Lutheran College, Warnbro | Independent | Combined | 1.4 km | 834 | 1,023 |
| St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, Port Kennedy | Catholic | Primary | 1.5 km | 408 | 1,029 |
| Warnbro Primary School, Warnbro | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 233 | 948 |
| Endeavour Primary School, Port Kennedy | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 387 | 957 |
| Endeavour Education Support Centre, Port Kennedy | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 92 | 895 |
| Mother Teresa Catholic College, Baldivis | Catholic | Combined | 3.2 km | 1,526 | 1,034 |
| Settlers Primary School, Baldivis | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 661 | 997 |
| Tranby College, Baldivis | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 865 | 1,060 |
| Waikiki Primary School, Waikiki | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 291 | 958 |
| Pine View Primary School, Baldivis | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 321 | 994 |
| Charthouse Primary School, Waikiki | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 451 | 965 |
| South Coast Baptist College, Waikiki | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 1,355 | 1,047 |
| Tuart Rise Primary School, Baldivis | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 736 | 974 |
| Makybe Rise Primary School, Baldivis | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 805 | 1,002 |
| East Waikiki Primary School, Cooloongup | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 385 | 919 |
| Malibu School, Safety Bay | Government | Combined | 5.7 km | 114 | 967 |
| Safety Bay Senior High School, Safety Bay | Government | Secondary | 5.7 km | 1,148 | 966 |
| Rockingham John Calvin School, Baldivis | Independent | Primary | 5.8 km | 137 | 1,026 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Warnbro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51534/warnbro/topic/education