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Education & Qualifications in Outer Regional Australia

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

Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Outer Regional Australia, held by 37.7% of the population. While university degrees are far less common here than across the rest of the country, more people have completed their secondary schooling than in previous years.

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

13.9% ▲ +46.5%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Outer Regional Australia — higher than 55% of areas.

Outer Regional Australia13.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rates rose 8.7 points since 2011 to reach 36.3%, though this remains far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 34.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.

Completed Year 12

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36.3% ▲ +31.3%

Lower than 61% 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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Outer Regional Australia splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.

Year 12 36.3% Year 10 34.5% Year 9 or below 12.5% Year 11 8.9%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.9% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This figure has risen slightly by 4.4 points since 2011.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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13.9% ▲ +46.5%

Higher than 55% 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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In Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).

Certificate III / IV 37.7% Bachelor degree 17.2% Advanced diploma / diploma 13.6% Postgraduate degree 4.8% Certificate I / II 3.4% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.8%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 15.5%, followed by management and commerce at 13.5%.

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/RA62/outer-regional-australia/topic/education