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Education & Qualifications in Major Urban

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

A significant gap in higher education marks Major Urban, where 32.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, reflecting a highly qualified population. Over the last decade, schooling and degree levels have both climbed steadily.

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📍 Major Urban, Section of State

Where Major Urban sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

32.4% ▲ +39.3%

All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Major Urban — higher than 97% of areas.

Major Urban32.4%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion has risen 10 points since 2011 to reach 65.5%. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and sits well above the Australian average of 58.8%.

Completed Year 12

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65.5% ▲ +18.3%

Higher than 92% of section of state areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Major Urban, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 17%.

Year 12 65.5% Year 10 15.7% Year 9 or below 8.5% Year 11 4.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 9.2 points since 2011 to 32.4%. This puts the area among the highest for this qualification level, well above the national figure.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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32.4% ▲ +39.3%

Higher than 97% of section of state 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 Major Urban, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).

Bachelor degree 32.5% Certificate III / IV 19.1% Advanced diploma / diploma 14.7% Postgraduate degree 13.8% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.3% Certificate I / II 1.5%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 24.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.3% and society and culture at 12.2%.

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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS10/major-urban/topic/education