54.5% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.5%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lord Howe Island · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lord Howe Island
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of qualified adults on Lord Howe Island hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While these results are higher than most similar areas, they remain well below the state and national figures for higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 54.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lord Howe Island, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19.3% of adults. This is a higher share than in most similar areas, though it is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
19.3% ▲ +57.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 Lord Howe Island, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 16%, followed by food, hospitality and personal services at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The island has a single government-run combined school that is much smaller than most, with an average size of just 35 students.
13.70
Higher than 81% 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).
35
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,009
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lord Howe Island
1 school — 35 students, average ICSEA 1,009.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Lord Howe Island Central School, Lord Howe Island | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 35 | 1,009 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lord Howe Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12396/lord-howe-island/topic/education