37.5% ▲ +27.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lucinda · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lucinda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 37.5% of residents in Lucinda completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This highlights a local trend toward shorter schooling and a lower rate of university degrees compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average. About 32.1% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 12.9% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lucinda, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 6.6% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 56% of the group.
6.6% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 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 Lucinda, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 31%, followed by Education at 12.5% and Management and Commerce at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary schools within 3 km, split evenly between government and Catholic providers. These schools are among the smallest in the region, with an average size of just 14 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
14
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
852
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lucinda
2 schools — 27 students, average ICSEA 852.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2
| St Peter's Catholic School, Halifax | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 21 | 879 |
| Halifax State School, Halifax | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 6 | 758 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lucinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31701/lucinda/topic/education