45.9% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 72% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 45.9%
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.
More people in Remote Australia have finished school and university since 2011, though gaps remain. While the number of people completing Year 12 rose by 7.3 percentage points, the region still sits far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 45.9% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian average of 58.8%. Other common outcomes include 21.3% reaching Year 10 and 10.7% finishing Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Remote Australia, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.2% of the population, a figure that rose 3.3 points since 2011. This is higher than in most similar areas, but still far below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.2% ▲ +30.0%
Higher than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
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, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 19.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.6%. Other frequent areas of study include Education and Health, both around 8%.
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/RA53/remote-australia/topic/education