41.5% ▲ +76.8%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Onslow · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Onslow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 20 percentage points fewer residents in Onslow finished Year 12 compared to the national figure. While school completion is far below the state and national averages, the area has seen a significant increase in people with higher qualifications since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.5% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average, though this figure rose 18 points since 2011. About one in five residents left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Onslow, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 16.8%, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Western Australian average of 23.8%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 31.7% of residents.
16.8% ▲ +151.8%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Onslow, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 18.6%, followed by management and commerce at 14.0%.
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 Onslow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521040/onslow/topic/education