26.8% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mingenew · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Mingenew
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Mingenew (L) have completed high school or university than in most other similar areas. Only 26.8% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a quarter of residents finished Year 12, a figure that fell 4.2 percentage points since 2011. This is far below the Western Australian average of 58%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Mingenew splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 10 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 6.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though the proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
6.7% ▲ +26.7%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Mingenew, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 16.1%, followed by management and commerce at 9.8%.
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 Mingenew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522046/mingenew/topic/education