60.1% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dunsborough · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Dunsborough
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels define Dunsborough, where about one in four adults holds a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas. The local community has seen a significant shift in learning, with a huge jump in both school and university completions over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has climbed sharply since 2011, with 60.1% of residents now having finished Year 12. This is a little above the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dunsborough, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 15 points since 2011 to reach 24.2%. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it sits a little below the national figure.
24.2% ▲ +170.6%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Dunsborough splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (35%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Dunsborough are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 16.6%, followed by engineering and health.
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 Dunsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL514002/dunsborough/topic/education