28.8% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wiluna · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wiluna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Wiluna is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 28.8% of residents completing Year 12. This trend extends to higher education, where a small minority of adults hold university degrees. The local schooling system is small and entirely government-run.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the figures for Western Australia (58.0%) and Australia (58.8%). About 20.9% of people left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wiluna, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.9% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 24.7% of residents.
8.9% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Wiluna, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 18.5%. Management and commerce follow at 5.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wiluna has a high number of schools per 1,000 children (12.50), though these are much smaller than average with only 93 students per school. All local schooling is provided by the government sector.
12.50
Higher than 79% 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).
93
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
599
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wiluna
1 school — 93 students, average ICSEA 599.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Wiluna Remote Community School, Wiluna | Government | Combined | 35.3 km | 93 | 599 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51618/wiluna/topic/education