48.2% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lobethal · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Lobethal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Lobethal have finished high school or earned a degree compared to the state and national figures. While 48.2% of residents completed Year 12, this is far below the Australian average. Despite these gaps, more people are finishing school and getting degrees than they were ten years ago.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion rose by 10 points since 2011 to reach 48.2%, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this figure remains well below the South Australian average of 54.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lobethal, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.5% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though the proportion of degrees rose 4.2 points since 2011.
15.5% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 Lobethal, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in Engineering and related fields at 16.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.4%.
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 Lobethal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415020/lobethal/topic/education