49.8% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Picton · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Picton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A growing number of residents in Picton are finishing their studies, with the share of people completing Year 12 rising by 8.5 percentage points since 2011. While local figures remain well below the national average, more people are achieving higher qualifications than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of the population, or 49.8%, have finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is still well below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Picton, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.6% of the area, a figure that is far below the state average but much higher than in similar places. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.0% of residents.
17.6% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Picton, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 17.9%, followed closely by management and commerce at 17.0%.
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 Picton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115119/picton/topic/education