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Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range

Education & Qualifications in Remainder of State/Territory

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

More people have finished school and earned degrees in the Remainder of State/Territory since 2011. The area now sees 64.3% of residents completing Year 12, a figure that is well above the national average.

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Where Remainder of State/Territory sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

24.1% ▲ +10.2%

All section of state range areas, 2021. The marker is Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 88% of areas.

Remainder of State/Territory24.1%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rates have risen since 2011 to reach 64.3%, which is among the highest for similar areas and 5.4 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.

Completed Year 12

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64.3% ▲ +3.1%

Higher than 95% 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 Remainder of State/Territory, Year 12 is the majority at 76%; Year 10 is next at 15%.

Year 12 64.3% Year 10 13.0% Year 9 or below 5.2% Year 11 2.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

A bachelor degree or higher is held by 24.1% of adults, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas despite being a little below the national figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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24.1% ▲ +10.2%

Higher than 88% 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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Remainder of State/Territory splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (36%) and Bachelor degree (33%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 16%.

Certificate III / IV 26.7% Bachelor degree 24.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 12.0% Graduate diploma / certificate 5.6% Postgraduate degree 3.2% Certificate I / II 2.9%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common qualifications are in society and culture at 15.5%, followed by management and commerce at 11.5%.

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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR831/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/education