56.3% ▲ +31.6%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Armidale · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Armidale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of tertiary education set Armidale apart from most similar areas. While 56.3% of people have finished Year 12, nearly 28% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that has more than doubled since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen 14 points since 2011 to reach 56.3%, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is slightly below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
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.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 27.9% of adults, which is among the highest levels for areas of this type. This reflects a significant increase from 13.8% in 2011.
27.9% ▲ +102.1%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Armidale splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (30%) and Certificate III / IV (28%), with Postgraduate degree at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 15.1% and management and commerce at 13.6%. Health and education also feature strongly, accounting for 10.8% and 10.1% respectively.
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/ucl/UCL112001/armidale/topic/education