38.6% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Muchea · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Muchea
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-one percent of qualified adults in Muchea hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. Education levels here are generally lower than state and national figures, and the share of people finishing high school has fallen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure and represents a 5 point drop since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Muchea, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by just 7.9% of adults, a figure far below the Western Australian average of 23.8%.
7.9% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Muchea, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 22%, followed by Management and commerce at 10.1%.
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 Muchea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521034/muchea/topic/education