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Education & Qualifications in Other Urban

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

Nearly half of all adults in Other Urban have finished Year 12, making it much more educated than most similar areas. While levels of schooling and university degrees are well below the national figures, both have risen steadily over the last decade.

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📍 Other Urban, Section of State

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

20.3% ▲ +36.5%

All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Other Urban — higher than 76% of areas.

Other Urban20.3%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rose by 8.8 points since 2011 to reach 46.9%. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains far below the Australian average of 58.8%.

Completed Year 12

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46.9% ▲ +22.9%

Higher than 72% 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, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 20%.

Year 12 46.9% Year 10 17.5% Year 9 or below 12.5% Year 11 12.4%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 20.3% in 2021. While this is much higher than similar areas, it is still well below the national figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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20.3% ▲ +36.5%

Higher than 76% 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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Other Urban splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (33%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 16%.

Certificate III / IV 25.1% Bachelor degree 22.6% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.8% Postgraduate degree 9.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.0% Certificate I / II 2.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are Management and commerce, Society and culture, and Health, each accounting for 13.5% of qualifications.

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/SOS71/other-urban/topic/education