66.8% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 94% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Major Urban · Section of State
Education & Qualifications in Major Urban
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce qualifications are the most common in Major Urban, where 20.8% of people hold degrees in this field. This is a highly educated area with a strong trend of improvement, seen in both school completion and university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has risen sharply, with 66.8% of residents now finishing Year 12. This is well above the national figure of 58.8% and is among the highest rates for similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Major Urban, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 33.0% of the population, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This figure has grown significantly, rising 8.9 percentage points since 2011.
33.0% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 98% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 33.0%
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 Major Urban, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Beyond management and commerce, the most common qualifications are in society and culture at 12.6% and engineering at 12.2%. Health and education degrees also make up a significant portion of the local workforce.
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/SOS20/major-urban/topic/education