32.0% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 47.6%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Morawa · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Morawa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 5.7% of adults in Morawa hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. This reflects an area where higher education is much less common than in most other parts of the country. Most residents have focused on trade and vocational training instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 32%, which is far below the national figure of 58.8% and has fallen by 16 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Morawa, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 27.1% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the share of people with university degrees is far below the Western Australian average.
5.7% ▼ -76.2%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Morawa, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 10%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in education (9.4%) and health (8.9%), followed by engineering and food or hospitality services.
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 Morawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522047/morawa/topic/education