25.0% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Nowie · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A quarter of adults in Nowie hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. This level of qualification shapes the local workforce, though the area has no schools within 3 km.
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 21%, ahead of Year 11 (0%).
In Nowie, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 25.0% of adults have a university degree, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is a little below the Australian average of 26.3% and well below Victoria's 29.2%.
25.0% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Nowie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 45%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 40%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of Nowie, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21977/nowie/topic/education