77.1% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 72.2%
- 2021: 77.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Highly qualified residents make Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) one of the most educated areas of its kind. A striking 43% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure. This strong academic trend is reflected in school completion rates that have risen steadily over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen to 77.1% since 2011, a figure far above the 58.8% national average. This is among the highest levels of school completion for similar areas and is about the same as the territory-wide result.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part), Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area's high education level is clear, with 43% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the Australian figure of 26.3%. This proportion rose by 9 percentage points since 2011, with postgraduate degrees alone held by nearly one in five adults.
43.0% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 43.0%
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 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part), the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Postgraduate degree (22%) and Certificate III / IV (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most commonly focused on society and culture as well as management and commerce, each held by 20.1% of graduates. Health, engineering, and information technology are also prominent fields of study.
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 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL802001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/education