41.7% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 56% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 41.7%
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.
About half of the adults in Remote Australia have finished Year 12, placing the region around the middle of similar areas. While university degrees are far less common than across the nation, school completion and higher qualifications have both risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose to 41.7% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 58.8%. Roughly a quarter of residents finished Year 10, while 11% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Remote Australia, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with 11.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 35.3%.
11.3% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 68% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most popular choice for qualifications at 18.7%. Other common areas of study include management and commerce at 10.9% and health at 8.1%.
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA33/remote-australia/topic/education