50.4% ▲ +21.1%
Higher than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 41.6%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Busselton · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Busselton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Busselton have finished their schooling and earned degrees than a decade ago. Since 2011, the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has risen by 4.8 percentage points to 17.6%. While these figures are climbing, they remain well below the national and state levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About half of the residents (50.4%) have completed Year 12, a figure that rose 8.8 percentage points since 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is still well below the 58.8% national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Busselton, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 34.5%. While the number of people with degrees is higher than in most similar areas, the 17.6% rate is well below the 23.8% seen across Western Australia.
17.6% ▲ +37.9%
Higher than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Busselton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study in the area are management and commerce at 15.3%, followed closely by engineering at 14.8%. Health, education, and society and culture also make up significant portions of the local qualifications.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5004/busselton/topic/education