30.0% ▼ -50.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nerrigundah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nerrigundah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Nerrigundah have completed secondary or tertiary study than in the rest of the country. Only 30% of residents have finished Year 12, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure. This creates a local profile where most adults hold trade certificates or diplomas rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 30%, which is far below both the state and national figures of around 59%. The most common highest year of schooling completed in the area is Year 10, at 32.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Nerrigundah splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (45%) and Year 12 (41%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Nerrigundah hold a bachelor degree or higher, placing the area among the lowest for this qualification level in the country. Instead, 28% of residents hold a Certificate III or IV, and 16% have a diploma.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Nerrigundah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 36%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Health and Food, hospitality and personal services each making up 20% of the total. Architecture, agriculture, and management each account for 16%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nerrigundah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12940/nerrigundah/topic/education