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Education & Qualifications in Bounded Locality

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

About 35% of qualified adults in Bounded Locality hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While a higher share of people have university degrees than in most similar areas, Bounded Locality still sits well below the national average for higher education.

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📍 Bounded Locality, Section of State

Where Bounded Locality sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

16.3% ▲ +50.0%

All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Bounded Locality — higher than 60% of areas.

Bounded Locality16.3%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

The share of people who finished Year 12 rose by 9.2 percentage points since 2011 to 43.2%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though it remains far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.

Completed Year 12

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43.2% ▲ +26.9%

Higher than 53% 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 Bounded Locality, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (17%).

Year 12 43.2% Year 10 19.1% Year 11 15.9% Year 9 or below 13.0%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.3% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure rose 5.4 percentage points since 2011, though it is still well below the national average of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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16.3% ▲ +50.0%

Higher than 60% 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 Bounded Locality, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).

Certificate III / IV 35.3% Bachelor degree 18.1% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.3% Postgraduate degree 4.8% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.1% Certificate I / II 2.0%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 14.7%, followed by management and commerce at 11.7% and 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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS22/bounded-locality/topic/education