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ANALYSIS
CENSUS 2021
maltatoday | SUNDAY • 4 FEBRUARY 2024
education revealed in Census
has increased in all regions.
But the increase was more
pronounced in the southern
harbour and south-eastern re-
gions.
In the southern harbour re-
gion the percentage of people
who have studied beyond sec-
ondary level has nearly doubled
from just 13% in 2011 to 24%
in 2021.
In the south-eastern region
those who have continued their
studies beyond secondary level
have increased from 17.2% to
31% - nearly doubling in a dec-
ade.
The percentage of those with
post-secondary education in
this region also grew from 5.6%
to 9.2% while that of those who
went to university increased
from to 12% to 22%.
The increase was less pro-
nounced in the northern re-
gion, where the percentage of
those who have continued their
studies beyond secondary level
increased by just over 50%.
