52.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nulla Vale · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of adults in Nulla Vale hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the national figure. While this is a highly qualified area, only 52.6% of residents completed Year 12, a result well below the state and national averages.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is lower than the state and national figures, though it remains higher than most similar areas. About 24.4% of residents finished Year 11 and 21.8% finished Year 10.
52.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Nulla Vale, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 11 is next at 25%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with bachelor degrees or higher make up 35.3% of the population, which is much higher than most areas. This figure is well above both the Victorian and Australian averages.
35.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Nulla Vale, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 48%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
What people studied.
Common fields of study include health at 15.0%, followed by engineering and agriculture and environment, which both stand at 11.7%.
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nulla Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21980/nulla-vale/topic/education