62.4% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 87% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 62.4%
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.
A strong 62.4% of people in Major Urban have finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. This high level of schooling is mirrored in the workforce, where university degrees and professional certificates are common. The area has seen a steady climb in educational achievement over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has risen 9.0 percentage points since 2011. At 62.4%, the rate of people finishing Year 12 is well above the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Major Urban, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 27.0% of the population, a figure that has grown by 6.8 points since 2011. This is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national average.
27.0% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Major Urban splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are management and commerce at 19.0%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.7%.
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/SOS50/major-urban/topic/education