37.7% ▲ +32.4%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 37.7%
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.
Practical skills and trade certificates define the local workforce in Perth (Tas.). While many residents hold vocational qualifications, the proportion of people who finished high school is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian average and far below the rest of Australia. This is an improvement on the past, as the figure rose 9.2 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Perth splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are common here, with 47.9% of people holding a Certificate III or IV. However, those with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 11.7% of adults, a figure far below both the state and national levels.
11.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Perth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 17.2%, followed closely by engineering and related fields at 16.8%. Health and society and culture also make up a significant part of the local qualifications.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Perth
Cite this page
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/UCL615017/perth/topic/education