38.2% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Harvey · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Harvey
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels have climbed in Harvey since 2011, though they remain well below state and national figures. Only 38.2% of residents finished Year 12, and just 11.2% hold a bachelor degree or higher. These figures reflect a community where most adults have a trade or school-level qualification rather than a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Harvey finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country, though the rate rose 8.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 38.2%. About 28.3% of residents stopped after Year 10, while 15.0% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Harvey, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 11.2% of adults, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.4% of the population.
11.2% ▲ +48.4%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Harvey, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications here are most often in Engineering and related fields at 19.8%. Other common areas of study include Management and commerce at 12.9% and Society and culture at 9.4%.
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 Harvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515015/harvey/topic/education