57.2% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Armidale · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Armidale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 29% of adults in Armidale hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure among the highest for similar areas. This makes Armidale a highly qualified community where the proportion of people with university degrees has grown by 6.1 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The share of people who finished Year 12 rose to 57.2% since 2011, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure is a little below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Armidale, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common here, with 23.8% of residents holding a bachelor degree and 15.1% with a postgraduate degree. This total is a little above the Australian average of 26.3%.
28.7% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Armidale splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (27%), with Postgraduate degree at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 14.9% and management and commerce at 14.1%. Other typical qualifications include health, education, and engineering.
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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1002/armidale/topic/education