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Education & Qualifications in Major Urban

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

Higher levels of learning have become more common in Major Urban, where 62.7% of people finished Year 12. This reflects a strong trend toward formal education, with a significant increase in both school completion and university degrees over the last decade.

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📍 Major Urban, Section of State

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

25.8% ▲ +37.0%

All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Major Urban — higher than 84% of areas.

Major Urban25.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

School completion has climbed sharply, with the share of people finishing Year 12 rising 9.1 points since 2011. At 62.7%, this is well above the national figure of 58.8% and much higher than most similar areas.

Completed Year 12

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62.7% ▲ +17.0%

Higher than 88% 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 Major Urban, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 19%.

Year 12 62.7% Year 10 17.9% Year 9 or below 7.0% Year 11 6.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University qualifications are increasingly common, as the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 7.0 points to 25.8% since 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national average.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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25.8% ▲ +37.0%

Higher than 84% 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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Major Urban splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.

Certificate III / IV 27.2% Bachelor degree 27.0% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.7% Postgraduate degree 9.0% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.9% Certificate I / II 2.1%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 20.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.2% and society and culture at 12.5%.

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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS30/major-urban/topic/education