34.4% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Education & Qualifications in Remote Australia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Remote Australia have completed high school or university than in most other parts of the country. Only 34.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While these numbers have risen slightly since 2011, the area still trails the national average in both school and higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.4% of people finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the 58.8% national average. This result is lower than most similar areas, though the rate has risen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Remote Australia, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are much less common here than in most areas, with only 10.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure, although it has grown by 2.3 percentage points over the last decade.
10.5% ▲ +28.7%
Lower than 76% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Remote Australia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering (12.8%) and Management and Commerce (10.4%). Other common fields of study include Agriculture and Environment at 8.4%, followed by Education and Health.
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA13/remote-australia/topic/education