46.8% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.3%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lakeland · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lakeland
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Lakeland hold high-level qualifications compared to most similar areas. Only 8.8% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, and less than half of the population has finished Year 12. This reflects a community where trade and vocational training are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 46.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%. For many, the highest year of school completed was Year 10 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lakeland, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 8.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher—far below the 26.3% national average. Instead, most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, at 31.3%.
8.8% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Lakeland, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 15.3%, followed by management and commerce at 8.5% and agriculture and environment at 8.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lakeland has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though these are all government primary schools with a very small typical size of 12 students.
21.28
Higher than 89% 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).
12
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
949
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lakeland
1 school — 12 students, average ICSEA 949.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lakeland State School, Lakeland | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 12 | 949 |
Sources
More for Lakeland
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lakeland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31623/lakeland/topic/education