52.0% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 48.7%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Williams · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Williams
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people have finished high school in Williams than in most similar areas, though the town still trails state and national figures. While about half of the population completed Year 12, university degrees are far less common here than across the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Western Australian figure of 58%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Williams, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.3%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.7% of people.
15.3% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Williams, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Williams are most often in agriculture and environment (15.4%), followed by engineering and related fields at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is a government run facility with an average size of 136 students, which is lower than most similar areas.
4.52
Higher than 56% 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).
136
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,013
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Williams
1 school — 136 students, average ICSEA 1,013.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Williams Primary School, Williams | Government | Primary | 16.4 km | 136 | 1,013 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Williams [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51614/williams/topic/education