67.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 67.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wattening · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wattening
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Wattening have finished high school than in most similar areas, with 67.4% completing Year 12. While school completion is high, university degrees are far less common here than across the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is a standout, with 67.4% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wattening, Year 12 is the majority at 83%; Year 10 is next at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are far less common here, with only 6.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure and the state average.
6.7% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Wattening, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (36%) and Bachelor degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are mostly focused on society and culture at 26.7%, followed by agriculture and environment at 23.3% and engineering at 20.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school in the area, which is a government school. It is among the smallest for its level, with an average size of 23 students.
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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
986
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wattening
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bolgart Primary School, Bolgart | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 23 | 986 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wattening [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51548/wattening/topic/education