48.0% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Napier · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Napier
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Napier compared to the rest of the country, with only 48% of residents completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the share of adults with a university degree is well below both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. Many residents left school earlier, with 29.5% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Napier, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here, as only 14.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, trade certificates are the most frequent qualification, held by 34.2% of the community.
14.2% ▲ +88.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
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 Napier, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (26%) and Bachelor degree (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Napier are often trained in engineering and related fields (14.4%), followed by health (12.6%) and education (11.7%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of this area, which is a common pattern seen in about 59% of similar places.
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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 Napier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51086/napier/topic/education