47.5% ▲ +73.4%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lyons (Rumney) · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Lyons (Rumney)
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A significant gap exists between Lyons (Rumney) and the rest of the country, with the typical resident far less likely to have finished high school than the national average. While 47.5% of people here completed Year 12, this is 11 percentage points lower than across Australia. However, education levels are improving, with Year 12 completion rates climbing 20 points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Almost half of residents have finished Year 12, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure. This is a notable increase from 2011, though 30.8% of the population still list Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lyons (Rumney), the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 11 (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher degrees are less common here than in most areas, with 17.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below both the state and national figures, although the proportion of people with these degrees rose 8.3 points since 2011.
17.6% ▲ +89.3%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Lyons (Rumney), the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications in the area are in management and commerce at 19.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.3% and society and culture at 12.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has very few schools, with only two within 3km and a total of 489 enrolments. Both of the local primary schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
1.11
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Lower than 97% of state electorate 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).
489
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
245
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,014
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lyons (Rumney)
2 schools — 489 students, average ICSEA 1,014.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Richmond Primary School, Richmond | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 198 | 1,021 |
| St John's Catholic School, Richmond | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 291 | 1,010 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lyons (Rumney) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60514/lyons/topic/education