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Education & Qualifications in Inner Regional Australia

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

Higher education levels are growing in Inner Regional Australia, with 18.3% of adults now holding a bachelor degree or higher. While this is much higher than in many similar regional areas, the overall figures for school and university completion still sit well below the national figures.

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Where Inner Regional Australia sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

18.3% ▲ +42.6%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Inner Regional Australia — higher than 76% of areas.

Inner Regional Australia18.3%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rose by 8.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 46.4%. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the Australian average of 58.8%.

Completed Year 12

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46.4% ▲ +22.9%

Higher than 72% 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 Inner Regional Australia, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 20%.

Year 12 46.4% Year 10 18.1% Year 11 15.3% Year 9 or below 12.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 18.3% since 2011. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, though the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 33.5%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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18.3% ▲ +42.6%

Higher than 76% 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 Inner Regional Australia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).

Certificate III / IV 33.5% Bachelor degree 20.3% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.6% Postgraduate degree 5.7% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.5% Certificate I / II 2.0%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across several sectors, with Engineering and related fields being the most common at 14.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.3%.

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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA21/inner-regional-australia/topic/education