32.5% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Derby · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Derby
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 32.5% of adults in Derby have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low rate of school completion is the most striking feature of the area's education profile. Overall, qualifications in the town are much lower than across Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has dropped by 9.8 points since 2011, leaving Derby far below the state average. Only about a third of residents have finished Year 12, while around 20% stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Derby, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, which is far below the national average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 22.9% of residents.
11.7% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Derby, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Derby most often studied engineering and related fields (10.5%) or health (9.0%). Other common fields include management and commerce, society and culture, and education.
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 Derby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515010/derby/topic/education