33.3% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dowerin · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Dowerin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.3% of people in Dowerin (L) have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This small community has a low rate of formal schooling and higher education compared to both the state and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest school year reached for 35.5% of residents. While the rate of Year 12 completion rose 2.5 points since 2011, it remains far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Dowerin splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 11 at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.0% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has barely changed since 2011 and sits far below the national average of 26.3%.
8.0% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Dowerin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held are in Engineering and related fields at 15.9%. Other notable areas of study include Society and Culture at 12.9%, followed by Education and Management and Commerce both at 11.4%.
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 Dowerin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522021/dowerin/topic/education