66.6% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 66.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lapstone · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lapstone
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
High levels of learning shape daily life in Lapstone, where 37.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This puts the area among the most qualified in the region, with a strong trend of residents finishing secondary school and pursuing university study.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much higher here than in most areas, with 66.6% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the national and state figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lapstone, Year 12 is the majority at 70%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Qualified professionals are common in the area, as the typical resident is far more likely to have a university degree than those in the rest of Australia. Roughly 31% of adults hold a bachelor degree.
37.5% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 37.5%
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 Lapstone, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 35%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in management and commerce are the most frequent, at 19.9%, followed by society and culture at 15.8% and engineering at 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Families have access to more schools than most areas, with nine within 3km. These schools have an advantage score of 1,055, which is much higher than in similar areas.
5.85
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
387
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,055
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lapstone
9 schools — 3,487 students, average ICSEA 1,055.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 1
| Lapstone Public School, Glenbrook | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 158 | 1,113 |
| Glenbrook Public School, Glenbrook | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 338 | 1,120 |
| Leonay Public School, Emu Plains | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 191 | 1,049 |
| St Finbar's Primary School, Glenbrook | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 166 | 1,110 |
| Our Lady of The Way Primary School, Emu Plains | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 328 | 1,047 |
| Emu Plains Public School, Emu Plains | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 406 | 993 |
| Regentville Public School, Regentville | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 523 | 1,003 |
| Blaxland East Public School, Blaxland East | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 379 | 1,068 |
| Blaxland High School, Blaxland | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 998 | 1,065 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lapstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12285/lapstone/topic/education