30.6% ▲ +38.9%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lake Conjola · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Lake Conjola
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Year 10 is the most common highest school level reached for 43.9% of people in Lake Conjola. This area has a much lower rate of high school completion than most other places, though the number of people finishing Year 12 has risen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This represents an 8.6 percentage point increase since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lake Conjola, the largest group is Year 10 at 46%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 12.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 39.6% of people.
12.4% ▲ +43.5%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Lake Conjola, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 18.1%, followed by management and commerce at 15.1%.
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 Lake Conjola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121063/lake-conjola/topic/education