47.9% —
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Orange · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Orange
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Orange hold higher qualifications than in most similar areas, though they still fall well below state and national figures. About 21% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, reflecting a strong local standing despite the gap with the wider country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most similar areas, but at 47.9% it remains far below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Orange, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 20.7% of adults, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.1% of residents.
20.7% —
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
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 Orange, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 17.3%, followed by health at 14% and engineering at 12.5%.
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112016/orange/topic/education