45.9% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lilydale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lilydale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Lilydale have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 45.9% completing Year 12. While this is well below the national figure, a higher-than-usual proportion of adults hold bachelor degrees compared to similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. Another 32.8% of the population left school after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lilydale, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 10 is next at 39%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of adults. While 18% hold a bachelor degree or higher—which is higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
18.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 Lilydale, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Postgraduate degree (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Lilydale are led by Engineering and related fields at 31%, followed by Management and commerce at 19% and Education at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though its average size of 37 students is much lower 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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
995
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lilydale
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 995.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Flagstone Creek State School, Flagstone Creek | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 37 | 995 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lilydale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31657/lilydale/topic/education