37.8% ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lucinda · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Lucinda
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of qualified adults in Lucinda hold a Certificate III or IV. While educational attainment is much lower than state and national figures, more people have completed Year 12 than they did a decade ago.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.8% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is an improvement however, as the rate rose 9.3 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lucinda, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 6.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland average of 21.9%, though it has risen since 2011.
6.7% ▲ +362.5%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Lucinda, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Bachelor degree is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering (32.6%), education (12.7%), and management and commerce (11.6%).
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 Lucinda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322073/lucinda/topic/education