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High quality education opportunities

While younger Australians tend to place a higher value on the provision of 'high quality education opportunities' when asked to consider what makes somewhere a good place to live, the changing nature of how we learn and work determines that one’s ability access and participate in high quality education across all ages and employment sectors will only become more important to our personal social progress, collective economic security and overall wellbeing.

High quality education opportunities in Australia in 2025

20% of residents selected ‘High quality education opportunities’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 12th most important liveability aspect for Australia residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘High quality education opportunities’ in their local area 6.3 out of 10, on average, making it the 3rd most positively experienced attribute of 16.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Australia 2025
20%
6.3
Regional Australia
21%
5.9
Metropolitan Australia
19%
6.5

Local Area

Importance
Experience
Australia
20%
6.3
Adelaide (n = 207)
17%
6.9
Central NSW (n = 198)
27%
6.1
Central QLD (n = 227)
24%
5.5
Central VIC (n = 218)
26%
6.0
Darwin (n = 199)
26%
5.4
Eastern VIC (n = 219)
23%
5.1
Far North Queensland (n = 220)
13%
6.3
Hobart (n = 168)
25%
5.5
Melbourne (n = 456)
16%
6.5
Northern NSW (n = 218)
17%
5.5
Perth (n = 333)
23%
6.4
Regional NT (n = 147)
15%
5.1
Regional SA (n = 144)
21%
5.7
Regional Tas (n = 145)
24%
5.3
Regional WA (n = 220)
24%
5.6
Rest of QLD (n = 37)
5%
4.3
South East Queensland (n = 531)
19%
6.8
Southern NSW (n = 207)
18%
5.4
Sydney (n = 430)
18%
6.8
The ACT (n = 188)
30%
7.2
Western VIC (n = 195)
28%
5.7

Gender

Importance
Experience
Australia
20%
6.3
Male (n = 1709)
19%
6.4
Female (n = 3037)
21%
6.2
Other (n = 39)
18%
5.2

Age

Importance
Experience
Australia
20%
6.3
18 - 34 (n = 593)
20%
6.1
35 - 59 (n = 1681)
20%
6.1
60 + (n = 2302)
19%
6.7

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