38.0% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.2%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kiwirrkurra · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Kiwirrkurra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 points separates Kiwirrkurra from the national figure for adults with a university degree. Education levels here are significantly lower than across Western Australia and the rest of the country, with no residents currently holding a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is a decline from 2011, when 41.2% had finished high school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kiwirrkurra, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 9 or below (33%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that has fallen by 9.5 points since 2011. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30% of adults.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Kiwirrkurra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, 30% studied education and 15% focused on natural and physical sciences.
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 Kiwirrkurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522034/kiwirrkurra/topic/education