30.1% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nowa Nowa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nowa Nowa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 30.1% of people in Nowa Nowa have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This lack of senior secondary schooling is a defining feature of the area's education profile. Higher qualifications are also much less common here than across Victoria.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national and state figures, with only 30.1% of residents finishing their final year. Many residents left school earlier, with 21.0% finishing at Year 10 and 18.8% at Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nowa Nowa, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.5% of the population, which is far below the Victorian figure of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.4% of residents.
13.5% ▲ +47.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Nowa Nowa, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are society and culture at 12.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.9% and health at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller in terms of local school access 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nowa Nowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21975/nowa-nowa/topic/education