43.0% ▲ +37.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newbridge · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Newbridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly 43% of Newbridge residents have finished Year 12, the most common level of schooling in the area. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national rate of 58.8%. The community generally holds fewer high-level academic qualifications than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Another 21.2% finished Year 10, while 14.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newbridge, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.7% of residents.
17.0% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Newbridge, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Newbridge are spread evenly across agriculture and environment, health, and education, with each field representing 14.9% of the total. Engineering and related fields follow at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is among the smallest of its kind with an average size of 21 students. This school has an advantage score of 967, which is lower 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).
21
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
967
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Newbridge
1 school — 21 students, average ICSEA 967.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tarnagulla Primary School, Tarnagulla | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 21 | 967 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Newbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21923/newbridge/topic/education