35.5% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Aratula · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Aratula
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 4.5% of adults in Aratula hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where traditional schooling and university degrees are much less common than in other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.5% of people have completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure, though this has risen 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Aratula, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has some of the lowest rates of university degrees for its level, with the most common qualification being a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.8% of residents.
4.5% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Aratula, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 16.1%, followed by Architecture and building and Society and culture, both at 9.6%.
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 Aratula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321004/aratula/topic/education