42.6% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
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.
Just 42.6% of people in Outer Regional Australia have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While this is higher than in many similar areas, the region still faces a significant gap in formal schooling and degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has improved, rising 5.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 42.6%. However, this remains 16 points lower than the Australian average, with 26.5% of residents having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 13.0%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Trade qualifications are common here, with Certificate III or IV being the most typical qualification at 35.4%.
13.0% ▲ +31.2%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 17.7%. Other frequent qualifications include management and commerce at 12.1% and health at 10.1%.
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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA52/outer-regional-australia/topic/education