77.0% ▲ +11.4%
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 72.2%
- 2021: 77.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Australian Capital Territory · State / Territory
Education & Qualifications in Australian Capital Territory
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 43% of adults in the Australian Capital Territory hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above the national average. This highly educated region leads the country in both university degrees and high school completion. Since 2011, the proportion of residents with a university degree has risen by 9 percentage points.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the highest in the country, with 77% of people finishing Year 12. This is 18 points higher than the Australian figure and has risen by 7.9 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Australian Capital Territory, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common here, with 33.9% of people holding a bachelor degree and 19.9% having a postgraduate degree. This puts the territory at the top rank for degree-qualified adults compared to similar areas.
42.9% ▲ +26.4%
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 42.9%
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 Australian Capital Territory, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Postgraduate degree (22%) and Certificate III / IV (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 20.1% and management and commerce at 20%. Other notable areas include health, engineering, and information technology.
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 Australian Capital Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/8/australian-capital-territory/topic/education