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Education & Qualifications in Remainder of State/Territory

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

A gap of 15 percentage points separates the Remainder of State/Territory (NSW) from the rest of the country in Year 12 completion. While qualification levels here are higher than in many similar areas, they remain well below the state and national figures.

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Where Remainder of State/Territory sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

17.5% —

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 75% of areas.

Remainder of State/Territory17.5%
2835, NSW 10.0%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 44.2% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 29.4% of the population left school after Year 10.

Highest year of school

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In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (12%).

Year 12 44.2% Year 10 29.4% Year 9 or below 10.4% Year 11 6.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.5% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but far below the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.6% of people.

Highest qualification level

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In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Certificate III / IV 33.6% Bachelor degree 19.5% Advanced diploma / diploma 14.2% Postgraduate degree 5.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.9% Certificate I / II 2.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 15.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.6%.

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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL131001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/education