45.7% ▲ +35.8%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 45.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lismore · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Lismore
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 12 percentage points more of the population finished Year 12 since 2011 in Lismore. This trend towards higher achievement is seen in adult qualifications too, with the share of people holding a bachelor degree or higher climbing from 10.5% to 19.2% over the same period.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 45.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still far below the New South Wales and national figures. This is a significant climb from 2011, when only 33.7% had finished school.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lismore, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 19.2% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but well below the state and national rates. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.2% of residents.
19.2% ▲ +83.8%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Lismore, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 15.4%, followed by society and culture at 13.7% and health at 12.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lismore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112012/lismore/topic/education