36.2% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nilgen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nilgen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Nilgen have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.2% of people finished Year 12, and the area has a much lower share of university degrees than the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 36.2%, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 58.0%. About 31.2% of residents instead list Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nilgen, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 8.5%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.5% of people.
8.5% ▲ +70.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Nilgen, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most often in engineering and related fields at 28.6%. Other common areas of study include management and commerce at 9.5% and agriculture and environment at 8.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is smaller 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 Nilgen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51114/nilgen/topic/education