33.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lilyvale · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Lilyvale from the national figure for Year 12 completions. While the area has a few university graduates, school completion rates are far below both the state and national levels.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 42.4%.
33.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Lilyvale, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.9% of the population. This is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9% and far below the national average.
13.9% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Lilyvale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Bachelor degree is next at 31%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 92%, ahead of Food, hospitality & personal services (23%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is a government facility. This school has an advantage score of 1,018, which is 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).
260
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,018
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
1 school — 260 students, average ICSEA 1,018.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Meringandan State School, Meringandan West | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 260 | 1,018 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lilyvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31659/lilyvale/topic/education