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Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area

Education & Qualifications in Outer Regional Australia

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

School completion rates have risen by 7 percentage points since 2011 in Outer Regional Australia. While more people are finishing school, the area still sees far fewer adults with university degrees than the national average. Currently, only 10% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.

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📍 Outer Regional Australia, Remoteness Area

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

10.0% ▲ +33.3%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Outer Regional Australia — lower than 82% of areas.

Outer Regional Australia10.0%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 36.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is around the middle for similar areas, with many people instead finishing at Year 11 (21.6%) or Year 10 (19.9%).

Completed Year 12

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36.6% ▲ +23.5%

Lower than 60% 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 Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 11 (24%) and Year 10 (22%).

Year 12 36.6% Year 11 21.6% Year 10 19.9% Year 9 or below 13.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Degrees are uncommon here, with only 10% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher—far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, trade and vocational certificates are the most common qualification, held by 40.6% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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10.0% ▲ +33.3%

Lower than 82% 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 Outer Regional Australia, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.

Certificate III / IV 40.6% Bachelor degree 14.7% Advanced diploma / diploma 12.8% Certificate I / II 3.4% Postgraduate degree 2.6% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.4%

Field of study

What people studied.

Engineering and related fields are the most popular area of study at 17.4%. Other common qualifications include management and commerce (12.6%), society and culture (11%), and health (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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA42/outer-regional-australia/topic/education