33.5% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wattleup · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wattleup
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.5% of people in Wattleup have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low rate of school completion is mirrored in the qualification levels, where only 7.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A small number of residents have finished high school, with 33.5% completing Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10 at 34.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Wattleup splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is much less common here than in most areas, with only 7.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, nearly half of all qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
7.2% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Wattleup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, a quarter are in engineering and related fields, followed by society and culture at 10.6% and management and commerce at 9.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13 schools within 3 km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. These schools are larger and have a much higher advantage score than most areas, with 84.6% being government primary schools.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
616
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,045
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wattleup
13 schools — 8,010 students, average ICSEA 1,045.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 2
| Jilbup Primary School, Hammond Park | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 294 | 1,054 |
| Hammond Park Primary School, Hammond Park | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 858 | 1,061 |
| Hammond Park Catholic Primary School, Hammond Park | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 408 | 1,078 |
| Hammond Park Secondary College, Hammond Park | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,069 | 1,021 |
| Beeliar Primary School, Beeliar | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 515 | 1,023 |
| Jandakot Primary School, Success | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 539 | 1,050 |
| South Coogee Primary School, Beeliar | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 417 | 1,020 |
| Success Primary School, Success | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 582 | 1,048 |
| Aubin Grove Primary School, Aubin Grove | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 923 | 1,076 |
| Harmony Primary School, Atwell | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 501 | 1,063 |
| Atwell College, Atwell | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 831 | 1,003 |
| St Jerome's Primary School, Lake Coogee | Catholic | Primary | 5.6 km | 468 | 1,051 |
| Coogee Primary School, Coogee | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 605 | 1,064 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wattleup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51550/wattleup/topic/education