63.3% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 93% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Education & Qualifications in Major Cities of Australia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 4.5 percentage points separates the Major Cities of Australia from the national figure for Year 12 completion. This region is a high-achieving hub where 63.3% of people finished school and university degrees have become much more common since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well above the Australian average, with 63.3% of residents finishing school. This figure has risen by 9.5 percentage points since 2011, making it much higher than most other areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Major Cities of Australia, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 26.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a significant increase from 2011, with the share of degree-holders rising 7.1 percentage points.
26.2% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Major Cities of Australia splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Management and commerce are the most common fields of study at 20.5%, followed by engineering at 13.2% and society and culture at 12.5%.
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/RA30/major-cities-of-australia/topic/education