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LEARN MORE ABOUT .id23.8% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Northern Councils Alliance have a tertiary qualification.
Highest qualification achieved shows the level of qualification, school or non-school, which is the highest that a person has achieved. This topic is useful for looking at the education and work prospects of the First Nations community, how many have completed schooling, and how many have gone on to University or TAFE qualifications.
This is an important indicator of the socio-economic status of the First Nations community in the area, and should be viewed in conjunction with the more detailed Highest Level of Schooling and Education Institute Attending variables, as well as Employment Status.
Q:
Derived from the Census questions:
'What is the level of the highest qualification the person has completed?' and 'What is the highest year of primary or secondary school the person has completed?'
| Highest qualification achieved | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - Northern Councils Alliance | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Qualification level | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | Number | % | Greater Melbourne % | 2016 to 2021 |
| Bachelor degree level or higher | 905 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 544 | 12.0 | 12.0 | +361 |
| Advanced diploma or diploma | 569 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 387 | 8.6 | 8.7 | +182 |
| Certificate III & IV Level | 1,289 | 20.8 | 21.1 | 877 | 19.4 | 19.5 | +412 |
| Year 10 and above | 2,270 | 36.6 | 36.5 | 1,641 | 36.3 | 35.6 | +629 |
| Certificate I & II Level | 17 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | +11 |
| Year 9 and below | 687 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 584 | 12.9 | 11.8 | +103 |
| No educational attainment | 52 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 30 | 0.7 | 0.8 | +22 |
| Not stated | 414 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 455 | 10.1 | 11.3 | -41 |
| Total people age 15+ | 6,203 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,524 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,679 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the qualifications of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Northern Councils Alliance in 2021 compared to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Greater Melbourne shows that there was a similar proportion of people holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), as well as a similar proportion of people with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 44.5% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over held educational qualifications, and 0.8% had no qualifications, compared with 44.8% and 0.9% respectively for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Greater Melbourne.
There were no major differences in highest educational attainment between the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Northern Melbourne Region and the Greater Melbourne in 2021.
Emerging groups
The largest changes in highest educational attainment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Northern Melbourne Region between 2016 and 2021 were in those with:
- Year 10 and above (+629 people)
- who completed vocational qualification (+412 people)
- who completed a bachelor degree level or higher (+361 people)
- who completed an advanced diploma or diploma (+182 people)
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