West Coast · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in West Coast

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Much lower school advantage scores than most similar areas define West Coast. The typical school here is very small, with an average of just 51 students per campus.

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📍 West Coast, Suburb / Locality

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

The most common highest year of school is Year 10 at 63%, ahead of Year 12 (38%).

Highest year of school

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In West Coast, Year 10 is the majority at 63%; Year 12 is next at 38%.

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The most common highest qualification level is Postgraduate degree at 0%, ahead of Graduate diploma / certificate (0%).

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are three schools within 3 km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. Two thirds of these are government primary schools, while the rest are Catholic schools that serve both primary and secondary students.

3

Higher than 67% 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).

904

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).

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Schools serving West Coast

3 schools — 153 students, average ICSEA 904.

By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1

By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1

Schools serving West Coast, sortable by name, sector, type, distance and student count
Rosebery District School, Rosebery Government Combined 27.4 km 63 845
St Joseph's Catholic School, Rosebery Catholic Primary 27.6 km 47 969
Zeehan Primary School, Zeehan Government Primary 31.7 km 43 919

Sources

  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in West Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60731/west-coast/topic/education