38.4% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lillimur · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 23 percentage points separates the bachelor degree rate in Lillimur from the Victorian average. This sparsely populated area sees far fewer residents completing high school or university than is typical across the state and country.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.4% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen in Victoria. Many residents left school earlier, with 25.6% finishing Year 10.
38.4% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Lillimur, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 11 (16%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare in Lillimur, where only 3.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, over half of residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
3.2% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Lillimur, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 79%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 12%.
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are strongly tied to the land, with 30.6% of studies in agriculture and environment. Health is another common field at 20.4%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a situation more common than in 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lillimur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21502/lillimur/topic/education