41.3% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lowesdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lowesdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 41.3% of residents in Lowesdale completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. Despite this, a fifth of adults hold a university degree, making the area's qualification rate higher than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to most areas, with only 41.3% completing Year 12. This is 18 percentage points lower than the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lowesdale, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas. However, this remains well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%.
20.0% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Lowesdale, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Certificate III / IV (32%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (26%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are agriculture and environment at 15.8%, followed by health at 14% and education at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, though the typical school is very small with just 11 students. There is one government primary school within 3km.
38.46
Higher than 99% 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).
11
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,010
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lowesdale
1 school — 11 students, average ICSEA 1,010.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lowesdale Public School, Lowesdale | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 11 | 1,010 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lowesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12423/lowesdale/topic/education