32.0% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.2%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nabiac · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Nabiac
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment has dropped in Nabiac (L) since 2011, with far fewer people finishing high school or university than in other areas. Only 32% of residents have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Nabiac (L) are finishing high school, with the Year 12 completion rate falling 7.2 percentage points since 2011. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, finished by 39.3% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nabiac, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, as only 8.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.7% of the population.
8.5% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 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 Nabiac, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with the most common being management and commerce at 18.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.4%.
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 Nabiac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121087/nabiac/topic/education