33.2% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Wiluna · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Wiluna
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 33.2% of people in Wiluna finished Year 12, a figure that has dropped by 27 points since 2011. This means far fewer residents have completed high school compared to the rest of the state and the nation. While university degrees are uncommon, more people have gained higher qualifications over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the national figure, with only 33.2% of people finishing Year 12. About 25.1% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Wiluna, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are much less common than in Western Australia, with only 12.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. However, this has risen by 4.9 points since 2011, and trade certificates (Certificate III or IV) are the most common qualification at 26.0%.
12.0% ▲ +69.7%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
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 Wiluna, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications here at 17.9%. Other frequent areas of study include society and culture at 8.9%, and health at 6.5%.
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 Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522067/wiluna/topic/education