33.9% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lockhart · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lockhart
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Lockhart than in most similar areas. Only 33.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 58.8%. This lack of senior schooling is mirrored in the number of university degrees held by adults.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.9% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 33.2% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 17% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lockhart splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with only 11% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 38.9%.
11.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Lockhart, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have studied a range of fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 15.7%, followed by Health at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lockhart has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though these schools are much smaller than average with only 81 students each. The local sector is split evenly between government and Catholic schools.
11.05
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
81
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
940
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lockhart
2 schools — 162 students, average ICSEA 940.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Joseph's Primary School, Lockhart | Catholic | Primary | 6.3 km | 74 | 1,018 |
| Lockhart Central School, Lockhart | Government | Combined | 6.8 km | 88 | 874 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lockhart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12378/lockhart/topic/education