38.8% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nome · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nome
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 38.8% of people in Nome finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in basic schooling is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 38.8% of residents reaching that milestone. In contrast, 31% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nome, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is far below the Queensland and national figures, with only 11.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 41.4% of the group.
11.8% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Nome, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 23.1% and Health at 10.6%. Management, commerce, society, and culture each make up 8.6% of qualifications.
Schools
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 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32157/nome/topic/education