67.6% —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Uriarra Village · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A stark gap separates Uriarra Village from the rest of the territory, as it sits well above the national average for education but far below the ACT's high figures. While 30.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, this is much lower than the territory's 42.9%.
Highest year of school completed.
About 67.6% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is well above the national average but falls well below the 77.0% seen across the ACT.
67.6% —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Uriarra Village, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is common here, with 30.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or more. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, though it remains far below the territory average.
30.6% —
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Uriarra Village splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (29%) and Certificate III / IV (29%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 21%.
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 24.7%, followed by society and culture at 14.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Uriarra Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL822002/uriarra-village/topic/education