59.4% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 87% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 59.4%
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.
Management and commerce are the most common fields of study in the Major Cities of Australia, where 19.3% of qualifications fall into this category. This is a highly educated region, with 26.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. School completion rates have also climbed significantly over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 10 points since 2011 to reach 59.4%, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Major Cities of Australia, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 11 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 7.8 points since 2011 to 26.1%, a result that is much higher than most areas. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 26.3%.
26.1% ▲ +42.4%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 (33%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several sectors, with 14.0% in engineering and 13.7% in society and culture. Health and education degrees follow at 12.6% and 8.0% respectively.
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/RA40/major-cities-of-australia/topic/education