32.8% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lawn Hill · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lawn Hill
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 32.8% of people in Lawn Hill have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in schooling is reflected in the qualifications of adults, with very few holding university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 32.8%. This is 26 points below the Australian average and 24 points below Queensland.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lawn Hill, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 6.6% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Diploma and certificate qualifications are more common, with 15.7% holding an advanced diploma or diploma.
6.6% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Lawn Hill, the largest group is Advanced diploma / diploma at 42%, followed by Certificate III / IV (37%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is engineering and related studies at 21.6%, followed by management and commerce at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lawn Hill has one government school, which is a combined primary and secondary site. The average school advantage score here is among the lowest at this level.
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).
353
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
666
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lawn Hill
1 school — 353 students, average ICSEA 666.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Doomadgee State School, Doomadgee | Government | Combined | 79.8 km | 353 | 666 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lawn Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31646/lawn-hill/topic/education