34.5% ▲ +41.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nowra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nowra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Nowra have finished high school or university compared to other regions, which shapes the local workforce. Only 34.5% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most areas, with 34.5% of people finishing school, which is 24 points lower than the national figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →Nowra splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
11.4% ▲ +67.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Nowra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 14.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Nowra has 15 schools within 3km, which is more than about 86% of similar areas. Most of these are government schools, and the average school size is higher than most areas.
3.27
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
15
Higher than 86% 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).
501
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nowra
15 schools — 7,518 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 5 · Combined 3
| Nowra East Public School, Nowra East | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 420 | 784 |
| Nowra Public School, Nowra | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 517 | 904 |
| Nowra High School, Nowra | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 777 | 944 |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Nowra | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 537 | 994 |
| St John the Evangelist Catholic High School, Nowra | Catholic | Secondary | 1.8 km | 935 | 1,028 |
| Shoalhaven High School, Nowra | Government | Secondary | 1.9 km | 610 | 862 |
| Shoalhaven River College, Bomaderry | Independent | Secondary | 2.6 km | 48 | 931 |
| Nowra Anglican College, Bomaderry | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 1,152 | 1,094 |
| Terara Public School, Terara | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 96 | 1,009 |
| Nowra Christian School, Nowra | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 572 | 1,033 |
| Illaroo Road Public School, North Nowra | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 451 | 992 |
| Bomaderry Public School, Bomaderry | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 406 | 908 |
| North Nowra Public School, North Nowra | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 223 | 908 |
| Havenlee School, North Nowra | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 67 | 849 |
| Bomaderry High School, Bomaderry | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 707 | 955 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13039/nowra/topic/education