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Looma · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Looma

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

Very few adults in Looma have completed high school or university, which shapes the local skill set. Only 23.3% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average of 58.8%. This is a sparsely populated area where formal qualifications are uncommon.

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Where Looma sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Looma — lower than 99% of areas.

Looma0.0%
6728, WA 8.9%
Western Australia 23.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Completing Year 12 is rare here, with only 23.3% doing so, though this is 3.0 percentage points higher than in 2011. The most common highest year of school finished is Year 10, at 30.0%.

Completed Year 12

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23.3% ▲ +14.9%

Lower than 92% 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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In Looma, the largest group is Year 10 at 35%, followed by Year 12 (27%) and Year 9 or below (21%).

Year 10 30.0% Year 12 23.3% Year 9 or below 18.2% Year 11 14.6%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

No adults in Looma hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%. Instead, the most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 17.2% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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Lower than 99% 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 Looma, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Certificate I / II is next at 38%.

Certificate III / IV 17.2% Certificate I / II 10.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

Of those with qualifications, the most frequent fields are architecture and building alongside management and commerce, both at 4.9%. Health and hospitality services follow at 4.1% each.

Field of qualification

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Looma splits fairly evenly between Architecture & building (24%) and Management & commerce (24%), with Health at 20%.

Architecture & building 4.9% Management & commerce 4.9% Health 4.1% Food, hospitality & personal services 4.1% Engineering & related 2.5%

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 Looma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522043/looma/topic/education