30.7% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lake Haven · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lake Haven
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Lake Haven has remained low over the last decade, with only 30.7% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, marking the area as one of the least qualified in the region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.7% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 33.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lake Haven splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 7.0% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, trade qualifications are common, with 40.4% holding a Certificate III or IV.
7.0% ▲ +30.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Lake Haven, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Management and Commerce at 16.0%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 12.7% and Society and Culture at 12.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lake Haven has 11 schools within 3 km, but only 1.77 schools per 1,000 children, which is much lower than most areas. The typical school is large, with an average size of 699 students.
1.77
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
699
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lake Haven
11 schools — 7,691 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Gorokan High School, Lake Haven | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 981 | 923 |
| Gorokan Public School, Gorokan | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 620 | 913 |
| Woongarrah Public School, Woongarrah | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 385 | 984 |
| Kanwal Public School, Kanwal | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 500 | 942 |
| Northlakes High School, San Remo | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 789 | 917 |
| Warnervale Public School, Hamlyn Terrace | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 442 | 979 |
| MacKillop Catholic College, Woongarrah | Catholic | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,558 | 1,042 |
| Northlakes Public School, San Remo | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 341 | 905 |
| The Lakes College, Blue Haven | Independent | Secondary | 3.6 km | 24 | 843 |
| Blue Haven Public School, Blue Haven | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 637 | 927 |
| Wadalba Community School, Wadalba | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 1,414 | 941 |
Sources
More for Lake Haven
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lake Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12255/lake-haven/topic/education