46.6% ▲ +70.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 46.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nariel Valley · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower share of people in Nariel Valley have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 46.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure of 58.8%. This lack of formal schooling is mirrored in the qualification rates, with far fewer adults holding university degrees than in Victoria or Australia.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 46.6%, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About a quarter of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, and another 23.3% left at Year 11.
46.6% ▲ +70.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Nariel Valley, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (21%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 14.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, a majority of qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
14.1% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Nariel Valley, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 12%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across a few main fields, with Agriculture & environment and Health both at 24.4%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 22.0%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller 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 Nariel Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21884/nariel-valley/topic/education