41.2% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
The Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in The Lagoon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of the residents in The Lagoon have finished Year 12, making it an area where school leaving happens much earlier than across the state. While many adults hold trade certificates, the overall level of formal schooling is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.2% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Many residents stopped their formal schooling around Year 10, which accounts for 39.7% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →The Lagoon splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (42%), with Year 9 or below at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.4% of adults. Only 16% of residents have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%.
16.0% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 The Lagoon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most common in management and commerce at 19.1%, followed by engineering at 16% and health at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a common feature for about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in The Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13844/the-lagoon/topic/education