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Education & Qualifications in Lancefield

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

A significant drop in high-level schooling and degrees defines the recent trends in Lancefield. While the proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is much higher than in most similar areas, it has fallen 11 percentage points since 2011.

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Where Lancefield sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

18.5% ▼ -36.6%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Lancefield — higher than 78% of areas.

Lancefield18.5%
3435, VIC 20.4%
Victoria 29.2%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

About 52.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This result reflects a decline of 8.9 percentage points over the last decade.

Completed Year 12

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52.6% ▼ -14.5%

Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Lancefield, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 18%.

Year 12 52.6% Year 10 16.7% Year 11 13.9% Year 9 or below 10.7%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 18.5%, which is well below the national figure. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 35.7% of the population.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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18.5% ▼ -36.6%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Lancefield, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).

Certificate III / IV 35.7% Bachelor degree 20.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 18.5% Graduate diploma / certificate 5.0% Postgraduate degree 4.4% Certificate I / II 0.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications in Lancefield are spread across several sectors, with Engineering (14.3%) and Health (13.8%) being the most frequent fields of study.

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 Lancefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215046/lancefield/topic/education