31.6% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 82% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Education & Qualifications in Very Remote Australia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Very Remote Australia compared to the rest of the country. Only 31.6% of residents here have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. While school completion has risen slightly since 2011, the area still faces a significant gap in education levels.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 31.6% of people have finished Year 12, a figure far below the Australian average. Other common outcomes include 24.4% reaching Year 10 and 17.8% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Very Remote Australia, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.8% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26.9% of residents.
10.8% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Very Remote Australia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related areas at 10.2%, followed by Education and Management and commerce, both at 9.1%.
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA14/very-remote-australia/topic/education