36.3% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nyngan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nyngan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few adults in Nyngan hold university degrees, with only 11.9% having a bachelor degree or higher. This means the local workforce relies much more on trade certificates and school-leaving qualifications than the national average. It is an area where practical training is far more common than higher academic study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 33.4% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Nyngan splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are the most common qualification here, with 39.1% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the proportion of people with degrees is far below the Australian average.
11.9% ▲ +41.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Nyngan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related fields at 18.5%, followed by education at 12.3% and management and commerce at 10.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools for its population, with 8.26 per 1,000 children. These schools tend to be smaller than most, and the average school advantage score is among the lowest at this level.
8.26
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
130
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
851
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nyngan
3 schools — 389 students, average ICSEA 851.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Nyngan High School, Nyngan | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 144 | 845 |
| St Joseph's Parish School, Nyngan | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 114 | 956 |
| Nyngan Public School, Nyngan | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 131 | 765 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13060/nyngan/topic/education