52.4% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lochiel · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lochiel
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of the adults in Lochiel have completed Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. While this is a strong local showing, it remains well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.4% of residents finished Year 12, though this is still 6.6 percentage points lower than the state average. Another 26% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lochiel, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 20.9% of adults, which is more common here than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the national figure, with Certificate III or IV being the most typical qualification at 36.3%.
20.9% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 Lochiel, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related fields at 15.5%, followed closely by health at 15.0% and society and culture at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. This school has an average size of 257 students and a school advantage score around the middle for its level.
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).
257
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
994
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lochiel
1 school — 257 students, average ICSEA 994.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Pambula Public School, Pambula | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 257 | 994 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lochiel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12376/lochiel/topic/education