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Education & Qualifications in Rural Balance

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

Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common here, held by 33.6% of adults in Rural Balance. While more people have finished school and university than in 2011, the area still trails behind national figures for education levels.

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📍 Rural Balance, Section of State

Where Rural Balance sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

17.5% ▲ +29.6%

All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Rural Balance — higher than 72% of areas.

Rural Balance17.5%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 44.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This result is around the middle for similar areas, though it has risen by 6.5 points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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44.2% ▲ +17.3%

Higher than 57% 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 Rural Balance, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (12%).

Year 12 44.2% Year 10 29.4% Year 9 or below 10.4% Year 11 6.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%. This proportion has grown by 4.0 points over the last decade.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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17.5% ▲ +29.6%

Higher than 72% 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 Rural Balance, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Certificate III / IV 33.6% Bachelor degree 19.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 14.2% Postgraduate degree 5.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.9% Certificate I / II 2.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 15.5%, followed closely by Management and commerce at 14.6%.

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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS13/rural-balance/topic/education