18.7% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kalumburu · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kalumburu
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents have completed high school in Kalumburu compared to the rest of the country. Only 18.7% of people here finished Year 12, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest school year reached for 35% of residents. This helps explain why the share of people completing Year 12 is far below the Western Australian figure of 58%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kalumburu, the largest group is Year 10 at 36%, followed by Year 11 (26%) and Year 12 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 3.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3% and has barely changed over the last decade.
3.1% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Kalumburu, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Certificate I / II (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Education at 16.4%, followed by Health and Management & commerce, which both stand at 13.1%.
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 Kalumburu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522032/kalumburu/topic/education