78.5% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.9%
- 2016: 71.8%
- 2021: 78.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nicholls · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Nicholls
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far higher proportion of people in Nicholls have finished high school than the national figure, with 78.5% completing Year 12. This high level of schooling is matched by strong university attainment, as 40.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the highest for similar areas, with 78.5% of residents finishing Year 12. This is a little above the ACT figure of 77.0% and far above the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nicholls, Year 12 is the majority at 80%; Year 10 is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 40.4% of the population, which is far above the national average. While this is a little below the ACT figure of 42.9%, it remains among the highest levels for similar areas.
40.4% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 40.4%
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 Nicholls, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 37%, followed by Postgraduate degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 26.2%, followed by society and culture at 17.1% and engineering at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Nicholls has 17 schools within 3km, which is more than 87% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than most, and the average school advantage score is much higher than in most areas.
2.62
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
17
Higher than 86% 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).
738
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,084
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Nicholls
17 schools — 12,554 students, average ICSEA 1,084.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 4 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 10 · Combined 4 · Secondary 3
| Gold Creek School, Nicholls | Government | Combined | 0.8 km | 1,261 | 1,052 |
| Holy Spirit Primary School, Nicholls | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 733 | 1,085 |
| St John Paul II College, Nicholls | Catholic | Secondary | 1.2 km | 880 | 1,089 |
| Palmerston District Primary School, Palmerston | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 640 | 1,077 |
| Burgmann Anglican School, Gungahlin | Independent | Combined | 2.4 km | 1,755 | 1,165 |
| Ngunnawal Primary School, Ngunnawal | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 620 | 1,049 |
| Giralang Primary School, Giralang | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 268 | 1,070 |
| Evatt Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 281 | 1,047 |
| Gungahlin College, Gungahlin | Government | Secondary | 3.1 km | 1,070 | 1,061 |
| Good Shepherd Primary School, Amaroo | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 762 | 1,095 |
| Amaroo School, Amaroo | Government | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,638 | 1,070 |
| Miles Franklin Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 394 | 1,077 |
| St Michael's Primary School, Kaleen | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 171 | 1,094 |
| University of Canberra High School Kaleen, Kaleen | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 571 | 1,056 |
| Taqwa School, Moncrieff | Independent | Combined | 4.1 km | 407 | 1,099 |
| Margaret Hendry School, Taylor | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 626 | 1,054 |
| Franklin School, Franklin | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 477 | 1,098 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nicholls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80101/nicholls/topic/education