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Exeter · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Exeter

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Huge leaps in schooling and degrees have transformed Exeter since 2011. The proportion of adults with a university degree rose by 28 percentage points over a decade, while Year 12 completion jumped by 35 points. This has created a highly qualified population that stands well above both state and national figures.

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Where Exeter sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

36.2% ▲ +321.5%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Exeter — higher than 99% of areas.

Exeter36.2%
2579, NSW 19.6%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion is now at 62.5%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and among the highest for similar areas. This is a sharp increase from 2011, when only 27.2% of residents had finished their final year of school.

Completed Year 12

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62.5% ▲ +130.0%

Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Exeter, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 22%.

Year 12 62.5% Year 10 21.1% Year 11 6.6% Year 9 or below 5.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

A bachelor degree or higher is held by 36.2% of adults, a result well above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of qualification is driven by 32.4% of residents holding a bachelor degree and another 10.4% with a postgraduate degree.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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36.2% ▲ +321.5%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Exeter, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).

Bachelor degree 32.4% Certificate III / IV 20.8% Advanced diploma / diploma 18.0% Postgraduate degree 10.4% Graduate diploma / certificate 6.4% Certificate I / II 1.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 16.8%, followed closely by management and commerce at 16.4%. Education and engineering also feature prominently, accounting for 12.8% and 10.8% respectively.

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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122055/exeter/topic/education