45.9% ▲ +140.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bicheno · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Bicheno
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Bicheno have finished high school and earned university degrees than in most similar areas. This shift is clear in the data, with the number of people completing Year 12 jumping by 27 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 45.9% of residents have completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bicheno, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common here, with 20.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much higher than most similar areas, though still well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
20.7% ▲ +218.9%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bicheno splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 17.4%, followed by education at 12.6% and engineering at 11.9%.
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 Bicheno [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621002/bicheno/topic/education