46.1% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Hopetoun · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Hopetoun
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Hopetoun have finished school and gained degrees than they did a decade ago. The percentage of residents completing Year 12 rose by 12 points since 2011, while those with a bachelor degree or higher increased by 9.5 points in the same period.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents, 46.1%, have completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Hopetoun, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.1% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the state average. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications, held by 32.7% of people.
15.1% ▲ +168.8%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 Hopetoun, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study for 21.6% of qualified residents. Other typical fields include health at 11.1% and management and commerce at 10.8%.
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 Hopetoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521025/hopetoun/topic/education