39.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Manjimup · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Manjimup, held by 41.6% of residents. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state, though school completion has risen slightly since 2011.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This result is around the middle for similar areas, and the rate has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
39.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Manjimup, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (14%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with just 8.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Western Australian average of 23.8% and has barely changed over the last decade.
8.6% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Manjimup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in Manjimup are led by engineering and related fields at 16.0%. Other common areas of study include management and commerce at 11.3% and education at 10.3%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Manjimup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515022/manjimup/topic/education