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Education & Qualifications in Major Urban

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

More people in Major Urban have finished their schooling and degrees than a decade ago. This area stands out for its high levels of learning, with 43% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. It is a highly qualified community where school and university completion rates far exceed national figures.

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📍 Major Urban, Section of State

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

43.0% ▲ +26.5%

All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Major Urban — higher than 99% of areas.

Major Urban43.0%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

School completion has risen by 7.9 percentage points since 2011, with 77.1% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the Australian figure of 58.8% and is among the highest results for similar areas.

Completed Year 12

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77.1% ▲ +11.5%

Higher than 99% 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 81%; Year 10 is next at 11%.

Year 12 77.1% Year 10 10.5% Year 9 or below 4.2% Year 11 3.5%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 9.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 43%. This is far above the national figure of 26.3%, with 19.9% of the population holding a postgraduate degree.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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43.0% ▲ +26.5%

Higher than 99% 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 Major Urban, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Postgraduate degree (22%) and Certificate III / IV (17%).

Bachelor degree 33.9% Postgraduate degree 19.9% Certificate III / IV 15.0% Advanced diploma / diploma 13.0% Graduate diploma / certificate 6.3% Certificate I / II 1.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are society and culture and management and commerce, each accounting for 20.1% of qualifications. Other notable areas of study include health at 8.7% and engineering at 8.4%.

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/SOS80/major-urban/topic/education