34.2% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lithgow · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Lithgow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 40% of qualified adults in Lithgow hold a Certificate III or IV, making it the most common qualification. While the area has seen a rise in school and degree completion since 2011, overall education levels remain significantly lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.2% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is lower than most similar areas, although the proportion of people finishing high school rose 6.4 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lithgow splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.7% of the population, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This has increased by 3.1 percentage points since 2011, placing Lithgow around the middle for similar areas.
10.7% ▲ +41.7%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Lithgow, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study for those with qualifications at 19.4%, followed by management and commerce at 13.7%.
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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113008/lithgow/topic/education