42.7% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.7%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Nome · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Nome
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Nome (L) finished high school than in most similar areas, though this trend is slipping. Only 42.7% of residents completed Year 12, a figure that has dropped 6 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While more people here finished Year 12 than in similar areas, the 42.7% rate is still far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 31.7% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Nome, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 45.2% of residents.
11.0% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Nome, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study for those with qualifications, making up 24.8% of the total. Health is the next most common field 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 Nome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321078/nome/topic/education