27.4% ▼ -59.6%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nyah · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Nyah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Nyah have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 27.4% of people have completed Year 12, a figure that has fallen sharply over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with 28.3% of residents listing Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Nyah splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (31%) and Year 12 (30%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare here, as only 1.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Victorian average and represents a 24 point drop since 2011, with most qualified residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
1.7% ▼ -93.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Nyah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (14.7%), Health (11.9%), and Society and Culture (11%).
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 Nyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222066/nyah/topic/education