25.8% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nyah West · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nyah West
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 36 percentage points separates Nyah West from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. This is an area where formal schooling and higher degrees are much less common than across the state or nation.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 25.8% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 16.4% of people left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Nyah West splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (31%) and Year 10 (28%), with Year 11 at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 4.2% of the population, far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
4.2% ▲ +50.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 West, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 17.8%, followed by society and culture at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the only local primary school is small with an average of 42 students.
8.06
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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 West
1 school — 42 students, average ICSEA 893.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Nyah District Primary School, Nyah West | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 42 | 893 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nyah West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21993/nyah-west/topic/education