48.0% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Westwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Westwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Westwood hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure that is far below the national average. This highlights a significant gap in higher education qualifications compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have completed Year 12, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 58%. About 32% of the population reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Westwood, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 40%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The lack of university degrees in Westwood is far below the national figure of 26.3% and the state's 23.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Westwood, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is smaller than most schools of its level with an average size of six 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).
6
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
Schools serving Westwood
1 school — 6 students.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Woodanilling Primary School, Woodanilling | Government | Primary | 11.2 km | 6 | — |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Westwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51590/westwood/topic/education