66.2% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 98% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Education & Qualifications in Inner Regional Australia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Better-than-average school and university results define the workforce in Inner Regional Australia. A high proportion of the population holds advanced degrees, with 27.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is more than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are among the highest for similar areas, with 66.2% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the Australian average of 58.8% and has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Inner Regional Australia, Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common here, as 27.8% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This figure is a little above the national average and has grown since 2011, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 27.2%.
27.8% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 89% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Inner Regional Australia splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several sectors, led by management and commerce at 17.5% and society and culture at 15.2%. Other common fields include architecture and building at 10.2% and health at 8.4%.
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/RA81/inner-regional-australia/topic/education