38.5% ▲ +41.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newry · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Newry
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 38.5% of people in Newry have completed Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This gap is reflected in the local qualification levels, where a small minority hold university degrees. Most residents have focused on trade and vocational training instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, with only 38.5% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8% and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newry, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 12.7% of adults, which is far below the state and national averages. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.8% of the population.
12.7% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Newry, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 11%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Newry are most common in Engineering and related fields at 19.5%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 11.4% and Health at 11.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is smaller than those in most similar areas. This single school serves as the only local option within 3 km.
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).
187
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Newry
1 school — 187 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Boisdale Consolidated School, Boisdale | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 187 | 979 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Newry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21935/newry/topic/education