42.3% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lindsay Point · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Similar to many other areas of its type, Lindsay Point sits around the middle for education levels. However, it trails far behind the state and national figures, with only 42.3% of residents completing Year 12.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. Roughly 30.8% of residents finished Year 10 and another 30.8% finished Year 11.
42.3% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Lindsay Point, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 11 (30%) and Year 10 (30%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.4%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
15.4% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Lindsay Point, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 71%; Graduate diploma / certificate is next at 29%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 38%, ahead of Engineering & related (25%).
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 of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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 Lindsay Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21512/lindsay-point/topic/education