50.5% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Waterbank · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Waterbank
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Waterbank have finished Year 12 than in most similar areas. However, the community generally has lower formal qualifications than the rest of the state, with only 11.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of the residents (50.5%) have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is still well below the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Waterbank, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.8% of the population, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.3% of residents.
11.8% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Waterbank, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 21.0%. Food, hospitality, building, and education all account for about 11% to 15% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3 km, which is a government facility. This school is around the middle for its level in terms of size and advantage score.
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).
396
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Waterbank
1 school — 396 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Broome North Primary School, Broome | Government | Primary | 66.8 km | 396 | 998 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Waterbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51542/waterbank/topic/education