41.1% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Georgetown · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Georgetown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More residents in Georgetown (L) have finished their schooling and earned degrees than in 2011. While 41.1% of people have completed Year 12, this figure remains far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.1% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. This has risen slightly by 2.3 points since 2011, though 26.8% of residents still list Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Georgetown, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here than in the rest of the country, with only 10.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.5% of residents.
10.8% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Georgetown, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications often specialise in engineering and related fields, which accounts for 17.7% of degrees. Other common areas of study include society and culture at 13.5% and management and commerce at 12.5%.
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 Georgetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322048/georgetown/topic/education