34.4% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 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.
Only 34.4% of people in Remote Australia have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a significant gap in schooling and higher education compared to the rest of the country. While school completion has risen slightly since 2011, university qualifications remain much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have finished high school here than in most areas, with only 34.4% completing Year 12. This is 24 points lower than the Australian average, though the figure has risen 2.5 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Remote Australia, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.7% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.5% of residents.
9.7% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
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, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this region are spread across several fields. The most common include engineering at 12.5%, health at 11.0%, and agriculture and environment at 10.7%.
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/RA23/remote-australia/topic/education