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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).
Lake Manchester · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lake Manchester
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Government-run primary schools make up 100% of the education sector in Lake Manchester. This sparsely populated area has a very small school presence, though the single primary school here has a much higher advantage score than most areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 10 at 54%, ahead of Year 12 (38%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lake Manchester, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Bachelor degree at 36%, ahead of Certificate III / IV (36%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Lake Manchester splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Health at 45%, ahead of Engineering & related (36%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The only school within 3 km is a government primary school. While the typical school size is much lower than most areas at 36 students, it holds a school advantage score of 1,044, which is much higher than most areas.
36
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,044
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lake Manchester
1 school — 36 students, average ICSEA 1,044.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Nebo State School, Mount Nebo | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 36 | 1,044 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lake Manchester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31616/lake-manchester/topic/education