26.7% ▲ +38.6%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sussex Inlet · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Sussex Inlet
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 45% of qualified adults in Sussex Inlet hold a Certificate III or IV, reflecting a local workforce focused on trade and technical skills. While higher education levels remain low, more people have finished school and earned degrees than a decade ago.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.7% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. This is an improvement over time, as the rate rose 7.4 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sussex Inlet, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by just 8.6% of adults, a figure far below the national average. This has nearly doubled since 2011, when only 4.4% of the community held such a qualification.
8.6% ▲ +94.7%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Sussex Inlet, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related fields at 20.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.2%. Other notable qualifications include Architecture and building at 9.1%.
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 Sussex Inlet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115130/sussex-inlet/topic/education