34.6% ▲ +60.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nyah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nyah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Nyah have finished high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 34.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian rate of 61.8%. While 34.6% of people finished their final year, another 24.2% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nyah, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up only 8.9% of the population, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.7% of residents.
8.9% ▲ +73.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 Nyah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (26%) and Bachelor degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 15.6%, followed by Management and Commerce at 10.4% and Education at 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Nyah has one government primary school. This school is much smaller than those in most other similar areas, with an average size of just 42 students.
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).
42
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
893
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nyah
1 school — 42 students, average ICSEA 893.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nyah District Primary School, Nyah West | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 42 | 893 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21992/nyah/topic/education