48.5% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Windabout · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Windabout
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Windabout have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap extends to higher learning, where the area has a much lower share of university degrees than most other places. The local education profile is dominated by practical trade certificates rather than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.5% of residents have completed Year 12, which is well below the Western Australian rate of 58.0%. For those who left school earlier, the most common exit points were Year 10 and Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Windabout, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is just 11.7%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, trade qualifications are common, with 31.1% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Windabout, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Certificate I / II (17%) and Postgraduate degree (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 23.0%, followed by engineering at 14.8% and health at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is larger than schools in about 59% of similar areas. However, the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
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).
488
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
957
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Windabout
1 school — 488 students, average ICSEA 957.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Castletown Primary School, Esperance | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 488 | 957 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Windabout [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51620/windabout/topic/education