34.5% ▲ +58.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Grafton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Grafton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 34.5% of people in Grafton finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. While this is lower than most similar areas, school completion has risen 13 points since 2011. The local workforce relies heavily on trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, with 32.9% of residents peaking at Year 10. However, the proportion of people finishing high school has grown steadily over the last decade.
Highest year of school
View on map →Grafton splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.2% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.3% of residents.
10.2% ▲ +47.5%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Grafton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 15.6%. Other significant areas of study include society and culture at 13.5% and engineering at 12.1%.
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 Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113005/grafton/topic/education