40.5% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lindenow · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Lindenow
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower qualification rates than most similar areas mark Lindenow (L), where only 7.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This trend is reflected in school completions, with far fewer people finishing Year 12 compared to state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 40.5% of residents finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 61.8% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lindenow, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 9 or below (20%) and Year 10 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with the proportion of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher falling to 7.1% since 2011. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, accounting for 36.5% of the group.
7.1% ▼ -46.6%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Lindenow, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 17.4% and Health 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 Lindenow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221042/lindenow/topic/education