36.5% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newborough · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Newborough
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Newborough than in most other areas, with only 36.5% completing Year 12. This lack of formal schooling is reflected in the low number of university degrees, making the area much less qualified than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national figure of 58.8%. Roughly 16% of people left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newborough, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by just 8.8% of adults, which is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 49% of people.
8.8% ▲ +27.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Newborough, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 20.9%, followed by Society and Culture at 13.2% and Management and Commerce at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are nine schools within 3km, which is more than 81% of similar areas. Most of these are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is much lower than in most other areas.
3.51
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
286
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Newborough
9 schools — 2,578 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Newborough East Primary School, Newborough | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 299 | 955 |
| Lowanna College, Newborough | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 1,073 | 954 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Newborough | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 266 | 1,006 |
| Newborough Primary School, Newborough | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 94 | 928 |
| Moe (Albert Street) Primary School, Moe | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 111 | 918 |
| Moe (South Street) Primary School, Moe | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 241 | 890 |
| St Kieran's School, Moe | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 250 | 1,000 |
| Baringa School, Moe | Government | Combined | 3.6 km | 166 | 901 |
| Moe Primary School, Moe | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 78 | 793 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21922/newborough/topic/education