43.7% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 64% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Education & Qualifications in Inner Regional Australia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of qualified adults in Inner Regional Australia hold a Certificate III or IV. While these areas have seen a rise in school and university finishes, they still sit well below national figures for high-level qualifications. This is a region where vocational training is common, and the number of people finishing Year 12 has grown by 8 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 43.7% of people here finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. Other common highest school levels include Year 10 at 29.3% and Year 9 or below at 11.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Inner Regional Australia, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
People with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.3% of adults, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but well below the national 26.3%. This proportion has risen 5 percentage points since 2011.
17.3% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 74% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 Inner Regional Australia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 15.9%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.3%. Other frequent qualifications include society and culture at 11.3% and health at 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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA11/inner-regional-australia/topic/education