47.4% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lacmalac · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lacmalac
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 40% of qualified adults in Lacmalac hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. This is a community where formal schooling levels and university degrees are both far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though 31% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lacmalac, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.1% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. These qualifications are around the middle for similar areas.
15.1% ▲ +89.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 Lacmalac, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common areas of study are Engineering and related fields at 25.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.7% and Education at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lacmalac has one government primary school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. However, the average school advantage score is 900, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
239
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
900
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lacmalac
1 school — 239 students, average ICSEA 900.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Franklin Public School, Tumut | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 239 | 900 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lacmalac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12239/lacmalac/topic/education