52.2% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Watercarrin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Watercarrin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A striking 32% of adults in Watercarrin hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure. While the area has a high proportion of university-qualified adults, fewer residents have completed Year 12 compared to the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 58.8% national average. Another 30.4% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Watercarrin, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 37%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here, with 32% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above both the Western Australian figure of 23.8% and the Australian average of 26.3%.
32.0% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 32.0%
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 Watercarrin, Bachelor degree is the majority at 67%; Certificate III / IV is next at 33%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 22%, ahead of Management & commerce (22%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, a situation more common than in about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Watercarrin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51543/watercarrin/topic/education