59.5% ▲ +38.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lagoon Grass · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lagoon Grass
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Lagoon Grass has stayed steady, with a strong 59.5% of people finishing Year 12. While the area sees more people completing high school than most similar places, it has a lower rate of university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is at 59.5%, which is much higher than most areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lagoon Grass, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 37%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 22% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more than most similar areas but well below the state and national figures.
22.0% ▲ +55.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 Lagoon Grass, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (26%) and Certificate III / IV (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering leading at 25%, followed by Health and Education at 20.8% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is well served by 14 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. Half of these are government schools.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
366
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,002
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lagoon Grass
14 schools — 5,122 students, average ICSEA 1,002.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 4 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Vistara Primary School, Richmond Hill | Independent | Primary | 2.2 km | 19 | 1,121 |
| St John's College, Lismore | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 774 | 1,059 |
| Lismore Heights Public School, Lismore Heights | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 203 | 973 |
| Goonellabah Public School, Goonellabah | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 226 | 847 |
| The Rivers Secondary College, Kadina High Campus, Goonellabah | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 262 | 884 |
| Summerland Christian College, Goonellabah | Independent | Combined | 3.2 km | 628 | 1,042 |
| Lismore Public School, Lismore | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 179 | 871 |
| St Carthage's Primary School, Lismore | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 580 | 1,064 |
| The Rivers Secondary College, Lismore High Campus, Lismore | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 438 | 934 |
| Trinity Catholic College Lismore, East Lismore | Independent | Secondary | 3.8 km | 816 | 1,055 |
| Bexhill Public School, Bexhill | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 113 | 995 |
| The Rivers Secondary College, Richmond River High Campus, North Lismore | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 494 | 950 |
| Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School, East Lismore | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 189 | 1,001 |
| Blue Hills College, Goonellabah | Independent | Combined | 4.8 km | 201 | 999 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lagoon Grass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12244/lagoon-grass/topic/education