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Education & Qualifications in Major Cities of Australia

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

More than 20% of qualifications in Major Cities of Australia are in management and commerce. This region is highly educated, with 66.8% of people completing Year 12 and a high proportion of residents holding university degrees.

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Where Major Cities of Australia sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

32.7% ▲ +38.9%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Major Cities of Australia — higher than 98% of areas.

Major Cities of Australia32.7%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion is well above the national figure of 58.8%, and this rate has risen by 10 points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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66.8% ▲ +18.2%

Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Major Cities of Australia, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 10%.

Year 12 66.8% Year 10 9.6% Year 9 or below 9.3% Year 11 8.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

A typical adult here is more likely to have a university degree than the average Australian, with 32.7% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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32.7% ▲ +38.9%

Higher than 98% of remoteness area areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Major Cities of Australia, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Bachelor degree 32.4% Certificate III / IV 19.3% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.4% Postgraduate degree 13.6% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.6% Certificate I / II 1.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 20.8%, followed by society and culture at 12.5% and engineering at 12.3%.

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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA20/major-cities-of-australia/topic/education