60.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
West Pingelly · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in West Pingelly
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A little over 60% of people in West Pingelly finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. While school completion is strong, university degrees are less common here than across the state. This creates a local profile where basic schooling is highly valued, but higher qualifications are lower than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Most residents finished their schooling in Year 12, at 60.0%. This is a little above the 58.0% seen in Western Australia and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In West Pingelly, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.1% of the population. While this is higher than most similar areas, it is well below the state average of 23.8% and the national figure of 26.3%.
18.1% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →West Pingelly splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (30%), with Certificate III / IV at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across health (28.6%), management and commerce (23.8%), and agriculture and environment (11.9%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is smaller than most other schools. This school has an advantage score of 906, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
97
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
906
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving West Pingelly
1 school — 97 students, average ICSEA 906.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pingelly Primary School, Pingelly | Government | Primary | 11.9 km | 97 | 906 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in West Pingelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51581/west-pingelly/topic/education