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Education & Qualifications in Inner Regional Australia

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

A growing number of adults in Inner Regional Australia have pursued higher learning to improve their career prospects. While 53.8% have finished Year 12, the area has seen a huge jump in university degrees, with the share of people holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbing 10 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Inner Regional Australia, Remoteness Area

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

26.9% ▲ +61.2%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Inner Regional Australia — higher than 87% of areas.

Inner Regional Australia26.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Finishing Year 12 is much more common here than in most similar areas, with the rate rising 13 points since 2011 to 53.8%. Despite this growth, the figure remains well below the national average of 58.8%.

Completed Year 12

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53.8% ▲ +30.9%

Higher than 80% 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 Inner Regional Australia, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 26%.

Year 12 53.8% Year 10 24.7% Year 9 or below 8.5% Year 11 7.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University qualifications are becoming far more frequent, with 26.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is about the same as the national figure and is much higher than in most similar regions.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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26.9% ▲ +61.2%

Higher than 87% 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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Inner Regional Australia splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 15%.

Certificate III / IV 27.3% Bachelor degree 26.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 12.9% Postgraduate degree 12.5% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.2% Certificate I / II 2.4%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 19.4%, followed by society and culture at 13.2%. Engineering and health are also prominent, each accounting for over 11% of qualifications.

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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA61/inner-regional-australia/topic/education