36.4% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Education & Qualifications in Very Remote Australia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Very Remote Australia compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. While school completion and university degrees have both risen since 2011, these levels remain much lower than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the Australian average, though it rose 4.3 points since 2011 to reach 36.4%. About 21.1% of people finished Year 10 as their highest grade.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Very Remote Australia, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.5% of residents.
10.8% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Very Remote Australia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 17.3%. Other frequent areas of study include management and commerce at 8.8% and education at 6.3%.
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA54/very-remote-australia/topic/education