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Lake Powell · Suburb / Locality

Education & Qualifications in Lake Powell

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A gap of 36 percentage points separates Lake Powell from Victoria in Year 12 completion rates. This sparsely populated area has very few residents with higher education, with no adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.

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📍 Lake Powell, Suburb / Locality

Where Lake Powell sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lake Powell — lower than 99% of areas.

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3597, VIC 9.7%
Victoria 29.2%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 25.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Nearly half of the population, 45.7%, left school in Year 9 or below.

Highest year of school

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In Lake Powell, Year 9 or below is the majority at 54%; Year 12 is next at 31%.

Year 9 or below 45.7% Year 12 25.7% Year 11 8.6% Year 10 4.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

No adults in Lake Powell hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 18.9% of adults.

Highest qualification level

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In Lake Powell, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 30%.

Certificate III / IV 18.9% Advanced diploma / diploma 8.1%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with management and commerce and food, hospitality and personal services both at 10.8%.

Field of qualification

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Lake Powell splits fairly evenly between Management & commerce (29%) and Food, hospitality & personal services (29%), with Engineering & related at 21%.

Management & commerce 10.8% Food, hospitality & personal services 10.8% Engineering & related 8.1% Agriculture & environment 8.1%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

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Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lake Powell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21441/lake-powell/topic/education