36.2% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nyngan · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Nyngan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 36.2% of people in Nyngan have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in schooling is part of a broader trend where university qualifications are much less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion has dropped 11 points since 2011, with only 36.2% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Nyngan splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.6% of the population, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.3% of people.
11.6% ▼ -36.3%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
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 Nyngan, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 18.3%, followed by Education at 12.2% and Management and commerce at 10.6%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Nyngan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115113/nyngan/topic/education