37.6% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 71% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
499 or less · Section of State Range
Education & Qualifications in 499 or less
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates the school completion rate in 499 or less from the national figure. While more people have finished secondary school than in 2011, the area still trails behind most other similar regions in both high school and university attainment.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. This figure has risen 5.6 points since 2011, though 31.2% of people still list Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In 499 or less, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.1% of the population, a figure far below the national rate of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.4% of residents.
14.1% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 56% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 499 or less, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are most often trained in engineering and related fields at 15.4%, followed by management and commerce at 13.8% and society and culture at 10.8%.
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 499 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR122/499-or-less/topic/education