27.9% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lightning Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lightning Ridge
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school or university in Lightning Ridge than in most other areas. Only 27.9% of residents completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap is reflected in the low number of adults with university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 27.9%. This is much lower than most other areas, with roughly 18.8% of residents finishing at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lightning Ridge splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (32%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26.8% of people.
8.1% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Lightning Ridge, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (20%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 10.7%, followed by Management and commerce at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are all government-run combined schools. The average school advantage score is 790, which is among the lowest for its level.
3.48
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
311
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
790
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lightning Ridge
1 school — 311 students, average ICSEA 790.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Lightning Ridge Central School, Lightning Ridge | Government | Combined | 10.6 km | 311 | 790 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lightning Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12329/lightning-ridge/topic/education