60.1% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.4%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Margaret River · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Margaret River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce is the most common field of study for people in Margaret River. The area has seen a strong shift toward higher learning, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher rising by 7.1 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More people here have finished high school than in most similar areas, with 60.1% completing Year 12. This figure is a little above the national average and has climbed 9.7 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Margaret River, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 23.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is about the same as the Western Australian figure, it remains well below the Australian average.
23.2% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 Margaret River, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 13.5%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.3%. Other common areas of study include education, society and culture, 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 Margaret River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL514003/margaret-river/topic/education