61.7% ▲ +38.9%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carmel · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Carmel
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A much higher share of adults in Carmel hold university degrees than in most similar areas, though they still fall well below the national figure. This is a place where school completion has climbed steeply, with 61.7% of residents now finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has risen 17 points since 2011, and the 61.7% who finished Year 12 is now well above the Western Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Carmel, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 21.4% of the population, a figure that has grown since 2011 but remains a little below the state average.
21.4% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Carmel splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (36%) and Certificate III / IV (36%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 15.3%, followed by health at 13.9% and education at 11.6%.
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 Carmel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522010/carmel/topic/education