34.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Newtown
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 34.5% of people in Newtown finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in secondary schooling is the most striking feature of the area's educational profile, though it holds a mid-range position for university degrees compared to similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is much lower than most areas, sitting at 34.5% which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About a quarter of residents stopped at Year 10, while 14.8% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newtown, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Typical qualifications are often trade-based, with 38.2% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.8% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
15.8% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 Newtown, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.7%, followed by engineering at 15.8% and health at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21937/newtown/topic/education