48.6% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Marian · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Marian
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of residents in Marian have finished Year 12, a figure that has climbed 16 percentage points since 2011. While schooling rates are rising, the area has far fewer people with university degrees than the state or national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 48.6% of people completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This is still far below the Australian figure of 58.8%, though it represents a significant increase from 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Marian, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 53.8% of the group.
8.2% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Marian, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study for those with qualifications, making up 30.7% of the total.
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 Marian [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315058/marian/topic/education