15.7% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Warakurna · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Warakurna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Warakurna have finished high school, which shapes the local workforce and learning environment. Only 15.7% of people here completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the lowest for similar areas, with Year 12 rates falling slightly since 2011. Most residents left school earlier, with 33.9% reaching Year 10 and 23.6% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Warakurna, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 9 or below (26%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 8.4%, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%. However, this has risen from just 1.7% in 2011.
8.4% ▲ +407.7%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Warakurna, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Education at 18.9% and Society and Culture at 13.5%, followed by Creative Arts at 10.8%.
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 Warakurna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522063/warakurna/topic/education