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Education & Qualifications in 1 million or more

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

More than 67% of people in 1 million or more finished Year 12, a rate well above the national figure. This is a highly educated area where university degrees are common, and the number of people with higher qualifications has grown significantly over the last decade.

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📍 1 million or more, Section of State Range

Where 1 million or more sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

33.8% ▲ +38.2%

All section of state range areas, 2021. The marker is 1 million or more — higher than 99% of areas.

1 million or more33.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

School completion is among the highest for this type of area, with 67.9% of residents finishing Year 12. This is 9.1 percentage points higher than the Australian average and has risen by 10 points since 2011.

Completed Year 12

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67.9% ▲ +17.6%

Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In 1 million or more, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 9 or below is next at 10%.

Year 12 67.9% Year 9 or below 9.2% Year 10 9.1% Year 11 8.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are very common here, with 33.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the national figure of 26.3% and reflects a steady climb from 2011.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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33.8% ▲ +38.2%

Higher than 99% of section of state range 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 1 million or more, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Bachelor degree 33.2% Certificate III / IV 18.3% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.2% Postgraduate degree 14.1% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.6% Certificate I / II 1.2%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common areas of study are management and commerce at 21.3%, followed by society and culture at 12.5% and engineering at 12.2%.

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 1 million or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR201/1-million-or-more/topic/education