49.2% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nayook · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 29 percentage points separates Nayook from Victoria in terms of university degrees, where no adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This highlights a stark difference in educational attainment compared to the state and national figures.
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. About 22% of people here left school in Year 9 or earlier.
49.2% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Nayook, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 9 or below (21%) and Year 11 (18%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has among the lowest rates of university qualifications in the region, with 0% of adults holding a bachelor degree. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 37.5%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Nayook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 75%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 25%.
What people studied.
Qualifications held by residents are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and Environment and Health each accounting for 12.5% of the total.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 15 students, though it has a much higher advantage score than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
15
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,079
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 15 students, average ICSEA 1,079.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Neerim District Rural Primary School, Nayook | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 15 | 1,079 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nayook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21904/nayook/topic/education