37.5% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 71% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
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.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in 499 or less, where 35.4% of people hold one. While university degrees are more common here than in similar areas, the typical resident is far less likely to have finished Year 12 compared to the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8% and lower than most similar areas. This is an improvement from 2011, when the rate was 28.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →499 or less splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 15.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still far below the national average. This represents a rise of 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
15.4% ▲ +50.3%
Higher than 58% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related fields at 16.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.9% and Society and culture at 11.8%.
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/SOSR622/499-or-less/topic/education