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Education & Qualifications in Other Urban

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

Higher levels of schooling and university degrees are becoming more common in Other Urban, though figures still trail the national average. While 16.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.

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📍 Other Urban, Section of State

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

16.8% ▲ +41.0%

All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Other Urban — higher than 66% of areas.

Other Urban16.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Nearly half of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that rose 8.6 points since 2011. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the Australian average of 58.8%.

Completed Year 12

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46.0% ▲ +23.1%

Higher than 71% 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 Other Urban, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 11 (16%).

Year 12 46.0% Year 10 18.1% Year 11 15.0% Year 9 or below 13.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 16.8% since 2011, which is higher than most similar areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.4% of people.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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16.8% ▲ +41.0%

Higher than 66% 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 Other Urban, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).

Certificate III / IV 34.4% Bachelor degree 19.3% Advanced diploma / diploma 16.1% Postgraduate degree 5.3% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.1% Certificate I / II 2.1%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by Management and Commerce at 14.1% and Engineering at 14.0%. Society and Culture follow at 12.3%.

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/SOS21/other-urban/topic/education