Target 6

Measures

• Number of First Nations people aged 25-34 years old who have completed qualifications at Certificate level III or above.


• Proportion (%) of First Nations people aged 25-34 years old who have completed qualifications at Certificate level III or above, by sex and over time.


• Proportion (%) of non-Indigenous people aged 25-34 years old who have completed qualifications at Certificate level III or above, over time.

Available by

Sex: males, females, persons.

Data periods

• Census night (10 August) 2021.


• Time trend data (Census nights): (10 August) 2021, (9 August) 2016, (9 August) 2011, (8 August) 2006.

Data sources

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2021, 2016, 2011 and 2006 (ABS 2022, 2021).

Region types

• Main structures: Australia, States and Territories, Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3).


• Indigenous structures: Indigenous Regions (IREG).

Suppression

• 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.


• Data have been suppressed if responses to the relevant data item(s) was not stated for >50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.


• Data have been flagged as interpret with caution if responses to the relevant data item(s) was not stated for 25% –50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.

Notes

• Geography based on place of usual residence.


• Certificate level III or above based on the Australian Qualifications Framework includes 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 (ABS 2021).


• Data have been randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality. No reliance should be placed on small numbers.