Description
- Number and proportion of First Nations people aged 20-24 years old who have attained a school qualification of Year 12 or equivalent, or a non-school qualification at Certificate level III or above based on the Australian Qualifications Framework.
- Proportion of non-Indigenous people aged 20-24 years old who have attained a school qualification of Year 12 or equivalent, or a non-school qualification at Certificate level III or above based on the Australian Qualifications Framework.
Data period
Census nights: 10 August 2021, 9 August 2016, 9 August 2011 and 8 August 2006.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2021, 2016, 2011 and 2006 (ABS 2021).
Region types reported
- Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Main Structure regions: Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3), Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), States and Territories, Australia
- ASGS 2021 Indigenous Regions (IREG)
- ASGS 2021 Local Government Areas (LGA).
Suppression rules
- Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.
Notes
- Geography based on place of usual residence.
- Non-school qualifications at Certificate level III or above based on the Australian Qualifications Framework include Certificate Level III or IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma, Bachelor Degree, Graduate Diploma/Certificate or a Postgraduate Degree.
- Data excludes overseas visitors and people for whom Indigenous status was not stated.
- Data excludes people for whom information on highest year of school completed and non-school qualification attainment was not stated or inadequately described.
- Data for 2021 was analysed by the AIHW using ABS TableBuilder. Data for 2016, 2011 and 2006 was sourced from a custom data request provided by the ABS.
- Data have been randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality. No reliance should be placed on small numbers.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2021) Census of Population and Housing: Census Dictionary, ABS website, accessed 26 October 2023.
ABS (2022) 2021 Census of Population and Housing [TableBuilder], 18 September 2023.
Productivity Commission (PC) (2023) Socioeconomic outcome area 5, PC website, accessed 26 October 2023.
