75.5% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 75.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bateman (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Bateman (South Metropolitan)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher share of residents in Bateman hold university degrees than the state or national average. Roughly 43% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the figures for Western Australia and Australia. This high level of achievement is mirrored in schooling, where three quarters of the population have finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is common here, with 75.5% of people completing it. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 58% and has risen by 8.5 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bateman (South Metropolitan), Year 12 is the majority at 78%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very common, as 43.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the national figure of 26.3% and has climbed 12 percentage points since 2011.
43.2% ▲ +38.9%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 43.2%
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 Bateman (South Metropolitan), the largest group is Bachelor degree at 45%, followed by Postgraduate degree (16%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are management and commerce at 24.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.8% and health at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are among the most advantaged at this level and tend to be much larger than most areas, with an average size of 713 students. There are 11 schools within 3km, though this is smaller than about 83% of similar areas.
1.45
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Lower than 86% of state electorate 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).
7,843
Lower than 63% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
713
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,127
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bateman (South Metropolitan)
11 schools — 7,843 students, average ICSEA 1,127.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Applecross Senior High School, Ardross | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 1,962 | 1,120 |
| Ardross Primary School, Ardross | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 448 | 1,149 |
| Booragoon Primary School, Booragoon | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 435 | 1,121 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 564 | 1,146 |
| Brentwood Primary School, Brentwood | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 331 | 1,116 |
| St Benedict's School, Applecross | Catholic | Primary | 1.9 km | 336 | 1,152 |
| Bateman Primary School, Bateman | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 371 | 1,126 |
| Winthrop Primary School, Winthrop | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 603 | 1,143 |
| Corpus Christi College, Bateman | Catholic | Combined | 2.5 km | 1,789 | 1,116 |
| Applecross Primary School, Applecross | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 571 | 1,155 |
| Kardinya Primary School, Kardinya | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 433 | 1,087 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bateman (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50605/bateman/topic/education