41.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nicholson · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nicholson
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Nicholson have remained low over the last decade. Only 41.7% of people have finished Year 12, and no adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of the state, with 41.7% finishing school compared to 57.1% of Queenslanders.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nicholson, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare in the area; 0.0% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Nicholson, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 38%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, a result that is 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nicholson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32141/nicholson/topic/education