38.4% ▲ +32.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wickepin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wickepin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Wickepin compared to the rest of the country, with only 38.4% completing Year 12. This gap is seen across the board, as the area also has a much lower rate of university degrees than both the state and the nation.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.4% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. About 27.8% of the population finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wickepin, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 10.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical at 33.1%.
10.0% ▲ +42.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Wickepin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 13.8%, followed by health at 13.1% and engineering at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wickepin has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school size is much smaller at 66 students. The local system consists entirely of government primary schools.
11.11
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
66
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wickepin
1 school — 66 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wickepin Primary School, Wickepin | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 66 | 988 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wickepin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51600/wickepin/topic/education