40.1% ▲ +24.0%
Lower than 59% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Education & Qualifications in Bounded Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education is less common in Bounded Locality than across the country, though more people are finishing school than in the past. Only 15.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. While qualifications are lagging behind Australia, there has been a steady rise in both school and university completions since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 40.1% of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that rose 7.8 percentage points since 2011. This is far below the Australian average of 58.8%, with 31.5% of the population having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bounded Locality, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.6%, which is far below the national figure and grew by 4.8 percentage points since 2011. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 36.6% of the breakdown.
15.6% ▲ +44.7%
Higher than 54% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Bounded Locality, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 15.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.5%.
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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS12/bounded-locality/topic/education