38.9% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lochinvar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lochinvar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Lochinvar have finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 38.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is 20 percentage points lower than both the New South Wales and national figures. This gap is reflected in a local workforce where trade certificates are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.9% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the state and national averages. Around 35.8% of the population left school at Year 10, while 9.6% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lochinvar splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 13.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, 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 42.1% of residents.
13.1% ▲ +24.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 Lochinvar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 23.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 17.3%. Other notable fields include Society and culture and Health.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lochinvar has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, with three schools within 3km. These schools are larger than usual, with a typical size of 581 students.
12.77
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
581
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lochinvar
3 schools — 1,744 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Catholic 2 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Lochinvar Public School, Lochinvar | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 194 | 965 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Lochinvar | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 577 | 1,009 |
| St Joseph's College, Lochinvar | Catholic | Secondary | 1.8 km | 973 | 996 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lochinvar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12377/lochinvar/topic/education