42.4% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 50% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Other Urban · Section of State
Education & Qualifications in Other Urban
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Other Urban have finished high school and earned degrees since 2011. This shift is seen in 42.4% of residents completing Year 12, though this is still far below the national figure of 58.8%. Education levels are improving, but they remain lower than the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 42.4% of people finished Year 12, which is a rise of 8.7 points since 2011. This is far below the Australian average, with 29.4% of the population having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Other Urban, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are becoming more common, as the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 5.1 points to 16.2% since 2011. This is far below the 26.3% national figure, and the most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV at 35.2%.
16.2% ▲ +46.1%
Higher than 59% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Other Urban, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce being the most common at 16.1%. Engineering and related fields follow at 14.4%, with Society and Culture at 11.5%.
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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS11/other-urban/topic/education