62.4% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.3%
- 2016: 57.8%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Perth · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Perth
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and university degrees than most similar areas define Perth (WA). Over 62% of people here finished Year 12, a figure that has climbed steadily over the last decade. This trend toward higher achievement is reflected in the qualifications of the adult population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is common here, with 62.4% of residents reaching this milestone. This is well above both the state figure of 58.0% and the national figure of 58.8%, and it has risen by 9.0 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Perth, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 27.0% of adults, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 23.8%. This is among the highest levels of university education for similar areas and rose by 6.8 percentage points since 2011.
27.0% ▲ +34.0%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Perth splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study for residents are management and commerce at 19.0%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.7%. Society and culture and health also make up significant shares of qualifications at 11.4% and 11.0%.
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 Perth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL501001/perth/topic/education