67.0% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Arthurs Seat · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Arthurs Seat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more adults in Arthurs Seat hold a bachelor degree or higher than the national figure, with 37.4% reaching this level. This well-educated area has seen a steady rise in qualifications over the last decade. Most residents have completed their secondary schooling, contributing to a highly qualified local population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is among the highest for similar areas, with 67.0% of residents finishing school. This is well above the 58.8% national figure and has risen by 6.0 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Arthurs Seat, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 11 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher has climbed 11 points since 2011 to reach 37.4%. This is far above the Australian average of 26.3%, with the most common qualification being a bachelor degree at 33.2%.
37.4% ▲ +41.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 37.4%
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 Arthurs Seat, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Certificate III / IV (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 16.0%. Engineering follows at 14.0%, while education and society and culture both stand at 11.6%.
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 Arthurs Seat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222002/arthurs-seat/topic/education