62.4% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 93% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
1 million or more · Section of State Range
Education & Qualifications in 1 million or more
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A significant jump in schooling and degrees defines 1 million or more, where more people have finished Year 12 now than a decade ago. The area is now among the most educated at its level, with 27% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has risen sharply, with 62.4% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the national figure of 58.8%, and represents a 9 percentage point increase since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In 1 million or more, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common here, as the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 27% since 2011. The most typical qualifications are bachelor degrees at 28.4% and Certificate III or IV at 25.9%.
27.0% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 91% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →1 million or more splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 19% and engineering and related fields at 16.7%. Other common areas of study include society and culture, health, and education.
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/SOSR501/1-million-or-more/topic/education