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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).
Whittaker · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Whittaker
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few educational options define Whittaker, where a single government primary school serves the area. This limited setup differs from the broader state and national patterns, with the local school being smaller than most others of its kind.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 10 at 50%, ahead of Year 12 (38%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Whittaker, Year 10 is the majority at 57%; Year 12 is next at 43%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Certificate III / IV at 60%, ahead of Postgraduate degree (0%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Whittaker, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 60%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The only school within 3 km is a government primary, which is smaller than most similar schools. Its advantage score of 985 sits around the middle for its level.
172
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
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 Whittaker
1 school — 172 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| North Dandalup Primary School, North Dandalup | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 172 | 985 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Whittaker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51596/whittaker/topic/education