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Education & Qualifications in Inner Regional Australia

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

Fewer people in Inner Regional Australia have finished high school or university than they did in 2011. Only 39.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a gap in formal schooling compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Inner Regional Australia, Remoteness Area

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

14.2% ▼ -14.0%

All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Inner Regional Australia — higher than 60% of areas.

Inner Regional Australia14.2%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rates fell by 1.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 39.8%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though 16.1% of people have Year 9 or below as their highest level of schooling.

Completed Year 12

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39.8% ▼ -4.6%

Higher than 51% 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 56%; Year 9 or below is next at 23%.

Year 12 39.8% Year 9 or below 16.1% Year 10 11.0% Year 11 4.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher fell 2.3 percentage points since 2011 to 14.2%. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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14.2% ▼ -14.0%

Higher than 60% 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 Inner Regional Australia, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).

Certificate III / IV 16.6% Bachelor degree 13.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 5.9% Postgraduate degree 3.7% Certificate I / II 2.7% Graduate diploma / certificate 1.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 11.2%, followed by management and commerce at 7.5% and health at 7.0%.

Field of qualification

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No single group dominates in Inner Regional Australia — Society & culture leads at 24%, ahead of Management & commerce (16%) and Health (15%).

Society & culture 11.2% Management & commerce 7.5% Health 7.0% Agriculture & environment 5.9% Education 4.8% Engineering & related 3.7% Architecture & building 3.2% Creative arts 2.7% Natural & physical sciences 1.6%

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/RA91/inner-regional-australia/topic/education