59.3% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nashua · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nashua
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Nashua has remained steady, with nearly 60% of people finishing Year 12. This reflects a highly qualified population where university degrees are much more common than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 59.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is much higher than most areas and roughly the same as the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nashua, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common here, with 29.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures.
29.2% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Nashua, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 40%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Certificate III / IV (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 16.4%, followed by management and commerce at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Nashua has three primary government schools within 3km, though these are much smaller than most areas with an average size of 50 students.
3
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
50
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,057
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nashua
3 schools — 151 students, average ICSEA 1,057.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Clunes Public School, Clunes | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 86 | 1,056 |
| Eureka Public School, Eureka | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 32 | 1,084 |
| Fernleigh Public School, Fernleigh | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 33 | 1,032 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nashua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12923/nashua/topic/education