34.2% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wyalkatchem · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Wyalkatchem
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common high-level awards in Wyalkatchem, held by a third of adults. While vocational training is common, overall school completion and university degrees are far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with about a quarter of the population finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wyalkatchem, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 9.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% national average. This is lower than most areas, though 15.3% of the community holds a bachelor degree as their highest qualification.
9.9% ▲ +25.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Wyalkatchem, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 20%, followed by health at 12.7% and management and commerce at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Wyalkatchem has one government combined school, which is much smaller than most areas with an average size of 46 students. This gives the town a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the average school advantage score is among the lowest.
23.26
Higher than 90% 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).
46
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
870
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Wyalkatchem
1 school — 46 students, average ICSEA 870.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Wyalkatchem District High School, Wyalkatchem | Government | Combined | 11.2 km | 46 | 870 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Wyalkatchem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51654/wyalkatchem/topic/education