53.8% ▲ +106.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Vincentia · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Vincentia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A surge in university degrees has changed the face of Vincentia, where 28.3% of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. This reflects a broader educational shift in the area, with Year 12 completion rates climbing 28 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents (53.8%) have finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this remains well below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Vincentia, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has jumped from 5.4% in 2011 to 28.3% today. This is among the highest levels for similar areas and sits slightly above the national figure.
28.3% ▲ +422.0%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Vincentia splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with the most common being management and commerce at 15.4%, followed by education at 14.7% and engineering at 13.9%.
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 Vincentia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115146/vincentia/topic/education