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Education & Qualifications in Cookernup

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Fewer residents in Cookernup have finished high school or university than in most similar areas. While more people have a bachelor degree now than in 2011, the typical person here has a lower level of formal education than the state and national figures.

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📍 Cookernup, Urban Centre

Where Cookernup sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

7.2% ▲ +279.5%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Cookernup — lower than 79% of areas.

Cookernup7.2%
6219, WA 6.8%
Western Australia 23.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 38.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%. This is an improvement for the area, as the rate rose nearly 10 points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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38.2% ▲ +34.4%

Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Cookernup splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 11 at 13%.

Year 12 38.2% Year 10 35.6% Year 11 12.6% Year 9 or below 8.8%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Higher degrees are rare here, with only 7.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or more, far below the 26.3% national average. Instead, over half of the community hold a Certificate III or IV.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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7.2% ▲ +279.5%

Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Cookernup, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.

Certificate III / IV 51.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 16.8% Bachelor degree 10.9% Certificate I / II 4.0% Postgraduate degree 2.0%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common qualifications held by residents are in engineering and related fields at 20.8%, followed by management and commerce at 12.4%.

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 Cookernup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522013/cookernup/topic/education