29.4% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lanitza · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Lanitza have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 29.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend continues into higher education, with university degrees being much less common here than in the rest of the state.
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is much less common here than in most areas, with only 29.4% doing so. The most frequent highest level of schooling is Year 10, reached by 37.5% of the population.
29.4% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Lanitza, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.9%.
11.7% ▲ +63.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Lanitza, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 24%.
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related studies at 18.8%, followed by Management and commerce and Society and culture, which both sit at 10.4%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lanitza [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12279/lanitza/topic/education