42.3% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Chidlow · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Chidlow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 18 percentage points exists between the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree in Chidlow (L) and the national figure. While more residents have finished high school than in many similar areas, overall higher education levels remain far below state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.3% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%, though this has risen by 6.3 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Chidlow, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 8.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. Instead, nearly half of the community—46.9%—hold a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
8.8% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Chidlow, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 22.7%, followed by management and commerce at 12.3%.
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 Chidlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521013/chidlow/topic/education