35.1% ▲ +45.0%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Newlands Arm · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Newlands Arm
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Newlands Arm, held by 39.9% of residents. While high-level degrees have increased over the last decade, the area still sees far fewer people finishing Year 12 compared to the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.1% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This is a rise of 11 points since 2011, though 17.3% of residents still left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Newlands Arm, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.8% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but far below the national average. This proportion has risen by 6.9 points since 2011.
14.8% ▲ +86.7%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Newlands Arm, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Newlands Arm are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 19.6%. Education and Society and Culture both follow at 12.3%.
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 Newlands Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221053/newlands-arm/topic/education