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Education & Qualifications in Not in any Significant Urban Area

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

Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common for adults in Not in any Significant Urban Area (WA), held by 33.3% of people. This region has far fewer people with university degrees or high school completions compared to the rest of the state.

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Where Not in any Significant Urban Area sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

12.0% ▲ +25.8%

All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Not in any Significant Urban Area — lower than 79% of areas.

Not in any Significant Urban Area12.0%
6646, WA 9.1%
Western Australia 23.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 40.3% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the Western Australia figure of 58.0%. This is a slight improvement from 2011, when the rate was 35.6%.

Completed Year 12

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40.3% ▲ +13.3%

Lower than 72% of urban area areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (12%).

Year 12 40.3% Year 10 25.5% Year 11 10.6% Year 9 or below 8.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are much less common here than in most areas; just 12.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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12.0% ▲ +25.8%

Lower than 79% of urban area 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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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).

Certificate III / IV 33.3% Bachelor degree 15.3% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.9% Certificate I / II 3.1% Postgraduate degree 2.9% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 17.4%, followed by management and commerce at 10.8%.

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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/education