42.6% —
Higher than 54% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Other Territories · Capital City
Education & Qualifications in Other Territories
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Across Other Territories, bachelor+ is below average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
42.6% of people in Other Territories finished Year 12 — around the middle of the range (above the Other Territories average of 42.5% but below the national 58.8%).
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 43%, ahead of Year 10 (19%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Other Territories, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
13.2% of adults in Other Territories hold a bachelor degree or higher — below average (below both the Other Territories average of 13.2% and the national 26.3%).
The most common highest qualification level is Certificate III / IV at 26%, ahead of Bachelor degree (13%).
13.2% —
Lower than 64% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 Other Territories, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 13%, ahead of Management & commerce (11%).
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 Other Territories [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/9OTER/other-territories/topic/education