64.8% ▲ +139.0%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 64.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Collector · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Collector
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive shift in schooling has occurred in Collector, where the share of people finishing Year 12 jumped 38 percentage points since 2011. This change has helped the area reach a level of school completion that is well above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 64.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Only 3.9% of residents left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Collector, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications have also increased, with the share of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher rising 16 points since 2011 to reach 26.9%. This is about the same as the typical Australian resident.
26.9% ▲ +156.8%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 Collector, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in society and culture at 14.8%, followed by building and management at 13.3% each.
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 Collector [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122037/collector/topic/education