47.9% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lal Lal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lal Lal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Less than half of adults in Lal Lal have completed Year 12, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This gap contrasts with a higher-than-usual proportion of residents holding university degrees compared to similar areas. The community has a diverse range of professional skills, particularly in engineering and health.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.9% of residents finished Year 12, a result far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Many others stopped their formal schooling earlier, with 18.6% each finishing Year 11 and Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lal Lal, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 18.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas despite being well below the national figure. Trade certificates are the most common qualification, held by 41.8% of people.
18.8% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 Lal Lal, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with engineering and related subjects being the most common at 18.9%. Health follows at 11.8%, with architecture, building, and management each accounting for 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lal Lal has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, though the average school size of 41 is much lower than usual. There is one government primary school within 3 km.
7.94
Higher than 71% 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).
41
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lal Lal
1 school — 41 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lal Lal Primary School, Lal Lal | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 41 | 983 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lal Lal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21450/lal-lal/topic/education