38.1% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 43.5%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lipson · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lipson
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Lipson has stayed low compared to the rest of the country. Only 8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 38.1%, which is far below the South Australian rate of 54.6%. About 18.8% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 14.8% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lipson, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.6% of people. This helps explain why the proportion of adults with university degrees is much lower than in most other areas.
8.0% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Lipson, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 20%, followed by Education at 12.9% and Architecture and building at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lipson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40768/lipson/topic/education