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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

18% of residents selected ‘High quality education opportunities’ as an important attribute when considering what makes somewhere a good place to live, making it the 13th most important liveability aspect for Australia residents overall. Residents rated their experience of ‘High quality education opportunities’ in their local area 6.7 out of 10, on average, making it the 5th most positively experienced attribute of 16. In comparison to May 2023, residents of Australia reported better local area experiences for High quality education opportunities.

Benchmarks

Importance
Experience
Australia
18%
6.7
May 2023
19%
6.5
Metropolitan Australia: 2024
17%
7.0
Regional Australia: 2024
18%
5.9

Local areas

Importance
Experience
Australia
18%
6.7
South East Queensland (n = 487)
18%
7.4
Melbourne (n = 367)
16%
7.1
Sydney (n = 377)
14%
7.0
Adelaide (n = 207)
21%
7.1
Darwin (n = 229)
21%
5.8
Hobart (n = 232)
25%
5.7
Perth (n = 327)
18%
7.0
The ACT (n = 302)
27%
7.5
Western VIC (n = 178)
23%
6.5
Northern NSW (n = 169)
21%
6.0
Eastern VIC (n = 286)
21%
5.7
Southern NSW (n = 214)
15%
5.5
Central NSW (n = 284)
19%
6.1
Central VIC (n = 185)
19%
6.7
Central QLD (n = 166)
16%
6.3
Regional SA (n = 113)
15%
5.7
Rest of QLD (n = 31)
6%
4.9
Regional Tas (n = 263)
22%
5.1
Regional WA (n = 317)
21%
5.2
Far North Queensland (n = 208)
14%
6.0
Regional NT (n = 122)
14%
4.3

Gender

Importance
Experience
Australia
18%
6.7
Male (n = 1954)
18%
6.8
Female (n = 2943)
18%
6.6
Other (n = 64)
12%
5.9

Age

Importance
Experience
Australia
18%
6.7
18 - 34 (n = 1035)
18%
6.6
35 - 59 (n = 1810)
19%
6.6
60 + (n = 1992)
15%
6.9

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