41.7% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Niangala · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Niangala
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Niangala have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 41.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is 17 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures. About 30.4% of the community finished Year 10, while 10.4% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Niangala, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 9.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the 27.8% seen across New South Wales. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36% of residents.
9.3% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Niangala, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with education being the most common at 17.3%, followed by management and commerce at 14.7% and health at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools relative to the child population, though the typical school is very small with only 11 students. All local schooling is provided by the government through a single primary school.
35.71
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Niangala
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Niangala Public School, Niangala | Government | Primary | 16.2 km | 11 | 995 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Niangala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12971/niangala/topic/education