40.7% ▲ +54.9%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wongan Hills · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wongan Hills
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Wongan Hills (L) sits around the middle of similar areas for school completion, though it lags behind state and national figures. While only 40.7% of residents finished Year 12, this is a significant climb from the 26.3% recorded in 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Western Australian rate of 58%. More than 30% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, though the number of people finishing high school has risen by 14 points over the last decade.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wongan Hills, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 9.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while trade qualifications are more frequent, with 40.5% holding a Certificate III or IV.
9.8% ▲ +50.1%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Wongan Hills, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are diverse, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 21.1%. Education is the next most frequent field at 12.2%, followed by Health and Management at 8.9% each.
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 Wongan Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521050/wongan-hills/topic/education