40.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
West Casuarinas · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 40.9% of people in West Casuarinas finished Year 12, which is a far lower rate than the national figure. This makes it an area with very few high-level qualifications and limited local access to schooling.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national averages, with only 40.9% of residents reaching that milestone. About 27.3% of people listed Year 10 as their highest year of school.
40.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In West Casuarinas, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 11 (21%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is among the lowest levels found in similar areas and sits far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In West Casuarinas, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 46%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for school access than about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in West Casuarinas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51571/west-casuarinas/topic/education