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Education & Qualifications in Minnie Water

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of 14 percentage points separates Minnie Water from the national figure for Year 12 completions. While this is far below the state and national averages, the local area is seeing a strong upward trend in both school and university achievements.

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📍 Minnie Water, Urban Centre

Where Minnie Water sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

18.5% ▲ +159.3%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Minnie Water — higher than 78% of areas.

Minnie Water18.5%
2462, NSW 10.6%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rose 10 points since 2011 to reach 45.3%, a figure that remains far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. Nearly 30% of residents finished school at Year 10.

Completed Year 12

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45.3% ▲ +29.0%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Minnie Water, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 34%.

Year 12 45.3% Year 10 29.8% Year 9 or below 9.9% Year 11 3.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, with 18.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the national figure, though the proportion of degree holders rose 11 points since 2011.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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18.5% ▲ +159.3%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Minnie Water, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (19%) and Bachelor degree (17%).

Certificate III / IV 34.9% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.1% Bachelor degree 14.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 8.5% Postgraduate degree 5.7% Certificate I / II 2.8%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with health (18.9%) and engineering (17.0%) being the most common, followed by education at 14.2%.

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 Minnie Water [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122087/minnie-water/topic/education