60.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nimmo · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher levels of schooling and degrees than most similar areas define Nimmo. About 60% of residents have finished Year 12, and nearly a third of adults hold a university degree.
Highest year of school completed.
Six out of ten people in Nimmo have completed Year 12, which is a little above the national figure of 58.8%. This is much higher than the school completion rate seen in most similar areas.
60.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Nimmo, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common here, with 30% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Australian average of 26.3% and much higher than in most similar areas.
30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Nimmo, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 38%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 24%, ahead of Engineering & related (18%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller in this regard than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nimmo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12976/nimmo/topic/education