31.6% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kambalda West · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kambalda West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 31.6% of residents in Kambalda West have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where many adults have left school early, and university degrees are quite rare. It is an area where vocational training is much more common than higher academic study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in most other areas, though the rate rose slightly to 31.6% since 2011. For many residents, the highest year of school reached is Year 10, which applies to 28.5% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kambalda West splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 11 at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Kambalda West, with only 6.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Western Australian average and fell slightly since 2011; instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.1% of people.
6.2% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Kambalda West, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Bachelor degree is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The types of qualifications held reflect the local economy, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 26.0%. Other common areas of study include Management and commerce at 8.9% and Education at 6.8%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Kambalda West
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kambalda West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515018/kambalda-west/topic/education