34.5% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Delegate · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Delegate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few adults in Delegate have completed high school or university, which shapes the local workforce and skill set. Only 34.5% of residents finished Year 12, a figure that has dropped since 2011. This means most people in the area rely on practical experience or shorter vocational courses rather than formal degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, falling to 34.5% in recent years. Nearly 24% of the population left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Delegate splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (35%) and Year 10 (30%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 8.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3% and represents a 13 point drop since 2011, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are much more common at 37.3%.
8.5% ▼ -60.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Delegate, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 14.7%. Health and society and culture follow at 12% each, with engineering and education both at 10.7%.
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 Delegate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122050/delegate/topic/education