80.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 80.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lake George · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lake George
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of formal learning define the residents of Lake George, where more than half of all adults hold a university degree. This creates a highly qualified local population that far exceeds both state and national benchmarks for education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 80% of people finishing Year 12. This is far above the 58.8% national figure and is among the highest rates for similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lake George, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 9 or below is next at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are very common, as 56.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the New South Wales average of 27.8%.
56.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 56.3%
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 Lake George, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Postgraduate degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are society and culture at 24.4% and management and commerce at 23.2%, followed by engineering and creative arts.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Despite these high qualification levels, there are no schools located within 3 km of this area.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lake George [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12254/lake-george/topic/education