36.5% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 75% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
500 or more · Section of State Range
Education & Qualifications in 500 or more
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in 500 or more have finished high school and earned degrees than they did in 2011. This area still trails far behind national figures, with only 36.5% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 4.4 points since 2011, but at 36.5% it remains far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 28.6% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In 500 or more, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.1% of the population, which is much lower than in most similar areas. This figure has risen slightly since 2011, though the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 34.9%.
10.1% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 500 or more, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 17.4%. Other common qualifications include Management and commerce at 10.5%, followed by Health and Society and culture at 8.5% each.
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 500 or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR521/500-or-more/topic/education