47.6% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pitt Town · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Pitt Town
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of Pitt Town residents have completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this rate has risen by 7.1 percentage points since 2011, the area still trails well behind the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Forty-seven point six percent of people finished Year 12, though this is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Other common highest school years include Year 10 at 34.7% and Year 11 at 7.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pitt Town, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (8%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 15.9% of adults, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.8% of residents.
15.9% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 Pitt Town, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study in the area are management and commerce at 23.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 18.3% and architecture and building at 13.3%.
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 Pitt Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115120/pitt-town/topic/education