31.8% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Waroona · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Waroona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than one in three people in Waroona have finished Year 12, reflecting a local workforce that relies more on trade skills than formal degrees. This trend is clear across the board, with university qualifications far below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. The most common highest year of school finished here is Year 10, at 33.0%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Waroona splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 6.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, trade certificates are the norm, with 45.0% of the highest qualifications being a Certificate III or IV.
6.5% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Waroona, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are led by Engineering and related fields at 22.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Waroona has a school advantage score of 937, which is much lower than most areas. The two schools within 3km are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
4.12
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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.
937
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Waroona
2 schools — 462 students, average ICSEA 937.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Joseph's School, Waroona | Catholic | Primary | 5.0 km | 164 | 971 |
| Waroona District High School, Waroona | Government | Combined | 5.6 km | 298 | 919 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Waroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51536/waroona/topic/education