33.9% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lismore · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lismore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Lismore (Vic.) have finished high school or earned degrees compared to most similar areas. Only 33.9% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap is reflected in the qualification levels, where only 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 33.9% of people finishing. Roughly 22.7% of the population stopped at Year 10, and 18.1% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lismore, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are much less common here than in the rest of the state, with just 10.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26.1% of people.
10.3% ▲ +74.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Lismore, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 11.8%. Education follows closely at 10.8%, while agriculture and environment account for 9.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per child than most areas, though these are much smaller than average. There is only one primary school serving the community, which is run by the government.
14.29
Higher than 82% 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).
26
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
957
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lismore
1 school — 26 students, average ICSEA 957.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lismore Primary School, Lismore | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 26 | 957 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21516/lismore/topic/education