56.1% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newlyn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Newlyn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 10 percentage points separates Newlyn from the Victorian average for university degrees. While more people here have finished high school or earned a degree than in many similar areas, the community still trails behind both state and national figures for formal qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 56.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 61.8% figure for Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newlyn, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 18.9% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 Newlyn, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (25%) and Certificate III / IV (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 15.9%, followed by health at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Newlyn has one government primary school within 3km, which is among the smallest of its kind with an average of 21 students.
27.03
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Newlyn
1 school — 21 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Newlyn Primary School, Newlyn | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 21 | 951 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Newlyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21931/newlyn/topic/education