33.7% ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Narembeen · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Narembeen have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. While the number of people finishing Year 12 has risen by 8.7 points since 2011, only 33.7% of residents have reached that milestone.
Highest year of school completed.
Completion rates for Year 12 are far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 24.4% of residents stopped at Year 10, while 11.8% finished Year 9 or below.
33.7% ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Narembeen, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 21.6% of residents.
8.4% ▲ +65.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Narembeen, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are education at 13.5%, followed by management and commerce and society and culture, which both sit at 9.4%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Narembeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522050/narembeen/topic/education