39.5% ▲ +30.1%
Lower than 60% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Education & Qualifications in Bounded Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Bounded Locality have finished their schooling and earned degrees than in 2011. While the typical resident is less likely to have finished Year 12 than the national figure, the number of people with a university degree has risen to 16.5%. This represents a steady climb in education levels across the area over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.5% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. This result is lower than most similar areas, though the proportion of school finishers rose 9.1 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bounded Locality, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.5% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas but well below the national average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 34.9% of residents.
16.5% ▲ +48.4%
Higher than 63% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 Bounded Locality, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 15.6%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.5% and Society and culture at 11.3%.
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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS62/bounded-locality/topic/education