41.0% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 55% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 41.0%
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.
Far fewer adults in Remote Australia have finished high school compared to the national figure. Only 41% of people have completed Year 12, though this is a rise of 6.8 percentage points since 2011. This gap in schooling is reflected in the lower rates of university degrees across the region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 41% of people finished Year 12, this is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. Other common highest school years reached include Year 11 at 21% and Year 10 at 18.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Remote Australia, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 11 (23%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here than in most areas, with only 11.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though the rate has risen slightly since 2011. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 38.6%.
11.9% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 65% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 17.1%, followed by management and commerce at 12%.
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/RA43/remote-australia/topic/education