44.0% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nambung · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nambung
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Very few residents in Nambung have a university degree, reflecting a community where formal higher education is uncommon. Only 44% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Education levels are much lower than the state average, with only 44% of residents completing Year 12. Many locals left school earlier, including 36% who finished Year 10 and 12% who finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nambung, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (39%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, as 0.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the typical 26.3% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Nambung, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 27%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most other areas. This school has an average advantage score of 955, which is lower than most areas.
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).
55
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nambung
1 school — 55 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cervantes Primary School, Cervantes | Government | Primary | 14.7 km | 55 | 955 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nambung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51077/nambung/topic/education