17.7% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lowmead · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lowmead
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Lowmead hold a bachelor's degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a broader trend in the area where only 17.7% of people finished Year 12, a result far below the Queensland average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 17.7% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the 57.1% seen across Queensland. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 38.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lowmead, the largest group is Year 10 at 50%, followed by Year 12 (23%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The lack of university degrees is striking, falling 26 points below the Australian average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.1% of adults.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Lowmead, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 71%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related areas at 19%, followed by Management and commerce at 8.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lowmead has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these are very small with an average size of just 13 students. There is one primary school within 3km, which is a government-run facility.
47.62
Higher than 99% 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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
908
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lowmead
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 908.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lowmead State School, Lowmead | Government | Primary | 12.0 km | 13 | 908 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lowmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31699/lowmead/topic/education