53.0% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.3%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Berry · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Berry
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce degrees are the most common qualification in Berry, where 18.1% of residents hold a credential in this field. The area has seen a steady rise in educational attainment, with a growing number of residents holding university degrees. This shift is most evident in the 27.5% of adults who now hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that rose by 8.8 percentage points since 2011. However, this 53.0% is still well below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Berry, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Berry has one of the highest proportions of university-educated adults among similar areas. The share of people with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 27.5% by 2021, which is a little above the Australian average of 26.3%.
27.5% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 Berry, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 32%, followed by Certificate III / IV (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in health, engineering, and education are also common, with each accounting for roughly 11% to 12% of qualifications. Society and culture follows closely at 10.9%.
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 Berry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115017/berry/topic/education