41.9% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Serpentine · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Serpentine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Serpentine have finished high school or university than in most other parts of the country. While 41.9% of people have completed Year 12, this is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion has risen by 7.5 points since 2011, yet the 41.9% who finished Year 12 remains far below the Western Australian rate of 58.0%. About 30.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Serpentine, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are much more common, with 46.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
10.4% ▲ +49.6%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Serpentine, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most often trained in Engineering and related fields at 23.4%. Other common areas of study include Management and commerce at 13.2% and Education at 9.3%.
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 Serpentine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515032/serpentine/topic/education