29.6% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rosebery · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Rosebery
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Rosebery have finished high school or university than in most other areas. Only 29.6% of residents completed Year 12, and the proportion of adults with a bachelor's degree has fallen sharply since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 29.6% finishing Year 12. This is a drop of 13 points since 2011, and the most common highest school year reached is Year 10 at 30.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Rosebery splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, trade certificates are more typical, with 35.5% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
9.0% ▼ -49.9%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Rosebery, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 20.9%. Other frequent areas of study include Society and culture at 9.8% and Education at 7.3%.
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 Rosebery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621023/rosebery/topic/education