43.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lima East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lima East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Lima East finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 43% completing Year 12. While many residents lack this basic qualification, the area actually has a higher share of university-educated adults than most similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the national rate of 58.8%. About 19% of the population left school in Year 11, while 18.5% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lima East, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 11 (21%) and Year 10 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 17.6% of adults, a rate higher than most similar areas despite being well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.5% of residents.
17.6% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Lima East, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (25%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 23.2%. Health and Education both follow at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lima East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21506/lima-east/topic/education