42.0% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nar Nar Goon North · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nar Nar Goon North
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 33% of qualified adults in Nar Nar Goon North hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a place where formal schooling levels are notably lower than the state and national figures, with only 42% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the country, where the national figure is 58.8%. In Nar Nar Goon North, only 42% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nar Nar Goon North, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in other areas. Only 15% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that sits far below both the Australian (26.3%) and Victorian (29.2%) averages.
15.0% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
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 Nar Nar Goon North, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.7%, followed by Health at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3 km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. Most of these are primary schools, and 60% of the local schools are government run.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
283
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
996
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nar Nar Goon North
5 schools — 1,413 students, average ICSEA 996.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 1
| St James School, Nar Nar Goon | Catholic | Primary | 4.9 km | 98 | 1,031 |
| Nar Nar Goon Primary School, Nar Nar Goon | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 192 | 983 |
| Pakenham Primary School, Pakenham | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 420 | 999 |
| Pakenham Hills Primary School, Pakenham | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 499 | 978 |
| St Thomas Aquinas College, Tynong | Independent | Combined | 7.8 km | 204 | 1,030 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nar Nar Goon North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21879/nar-nar-goon-north/topic/education