34.2% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carnamah · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Carnamah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Carnamah, held by 37.3% of people. While the number of residents with university degrees has risen since 2011, the area generally has much lower rates of formal schooling and higher degrees than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.2% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 58% seen across Australia. This figure has barely changed since 2011, and about 30.8% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Carnamah splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, a figure that rose 4.5 points since 2011. This remains far below the Western Australian average of 23.8%.
11.7% ▲ +62.4%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Carnamah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most popular area of study at 20.9%, followed by management and commerce at 10.8%. Health and education each account for 8.9% of qualifications.
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 Carnamah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522011/carnamah/topic/education