Australia: number of people with a need for assistance by highest education level 2021

In Australia in 2021, approximately 733.8 thousand people that needed assistance with core activities had obtained school level education. Around 22 thousand people that need assistance with core activities had obtained a postgraduate degree level education.

Number of people with a need for assistance with core activities in Australia as of 2021, by highest education level

Characteristic	Number of persons
Total with school level education	733,839
Years 10 and above	434,674
Total with a non-school qualification	364,172
Years 9 and below	299,166
Certificate Level	162,482
Bachelor Degree Level	85,033
Advanced Diploma and Diploma Level	82,314
No educational attainment	57,842
Postgraduate Degree Level	22,237
Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate Level	12,102

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

This variable records the number of people with a profound or severe core activity limitation. People with a profound or severe core activity limitation are those needing assistance in their day to day lives in one or more of the three core activity areas of self-care, mobility and communication because of: a long-term health condition (lasting six months or more) a disability (lasting six months or more) old age

Level of education 'inadequately described’ and ‘not stated’ have been omitted.

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