37.4% ▲ +66.0%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bega · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bega
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for residents in Bega. While the area has a lower rate of school and university completion than the state average, the number of people with a bachelor degree or higher has risen sharply by 11 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.4% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. However, this is a significant improvement from 2011, when only 22.5% of residents had completed their final year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bega, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 15.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.3% of the population.
15.0% ▲ +241.1%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Bega, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of study at 13.1%, followed closely by management and commerce at 12.5%. Society and culture and engineering both account for 11.6% of qualifications.
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 Bega [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115013/bega/topic/education