42.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lamington · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lamington
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Lamington have completed high school or university than the state or national average. Only 42.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is a gap of 14 points compared to Queensland. This trend carries through to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 26% of residents had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lamington, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%. Most people with a qualification hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 43.1% of the group.
7.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Lamington, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, a third are in engineering and related fields. Education is the next most common field at 15.7%, followed by architecture, building, agriculture, and environment at 11.8% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is among the smallest at this level with an average size of 8 students. This school has an advantage score of 1,045, which is much higher than most areas.
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).
8
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,045
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lamington
1 school — 8 students, average ICSEA 1,045.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Hillview State School, Hillview | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 8 | 1,045 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lamington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31628/lamington/topic/education