67.9% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 67.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Latham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Latham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of learning shape the community in Latham, where 30.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. While this is well above the national figure, it remains far below the typical level found across the ACT.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 67.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is much higher than in most areas. This is well above the Australian average, though it sits well below the ACT figure.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Latham, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common, with 27.1% of people holding a bachelor degree. This helps explain why the area's qualification levels are much higher than most similar places.
30.2% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Latham splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (31%) and Certificate III / IV (28%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 19.3%, followed by society and culture at 16.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Latham has a school advantage score of 1,057, which is much higher than most areas. There are 20 schools within 3km, though the number of schools per 1,000 children is much lower than in most similar places.
1.28
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
20
Higher than 87% 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).
480
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,057
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Latham
20 schools — 9,593 students, average ICSEA 1,057.
By sector: Government 15 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 15 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| Latham Primary School, Latham | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 298 | 1,038 |
| Cranleigh School, Holt | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 88 | 1,036 |
| St Francis Xavier College, Florey | Catholic | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,323 | 1,070 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Charnwood | Catholic | Primary | 1.3 km | 374 | 1,045 |
| St John the Apostle Primary School, Florey | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 368 | 1,077 |
| Kingsford Smith School, Holt | Government | Combined | 1.6 km | 742 | 991 |
| Melba Copland Secondary School Copland Campus Years 10 - 12, Melba | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 953 | 1,041 |
| Macgregor Primary School, Macgregor | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 590 | 1,050 |
| Southern Cross Early Childhood School, Scullin | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 115 | 1,088 |
| Charnwood-Dunlop School, Charnwood | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 308 | 987 |
| Florey Primary School, Florey | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 397 | 1,042 |
| Mount Rogers Primary School, Melba | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 461 | 1,056 |
| St Monica's Primary School, Evatt | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 412 | 1,080 |
| St Matthew's Primary School, Page | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 332 | 1,085 |
| Fraser Primary School, Fraser | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 462 | 1,042 |
| Hawker College, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 605 | 1,073 |
| Miles Franklin Primary School, Evatt | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 394 | 1,077 |
| Belconnen High School, Hawker | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 636 | 1,066 |
| Hawker Primary School, Hawker | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 331 | 1,129 |
| Weetangera Primary School, Weetangera | Government | Primary | 4.2 km | 404 | 1,117 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Latham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80084/latham/topic/education