21.4% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Larbert · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 21.4% of people in Larbert have finished Year 12, a figure that has remained far below the state and national averages. This low level of school completion is matched by a smaller number of university degrees compared to most other areas.
Highest year of school completed.
Half of the population finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling. The 21.4% who completed Year 12 is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
21.4% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Larbert, Year 10 is the majority at 56%; Year 12 is next at 24%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here, with only 10.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.7% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Larbert, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (29%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 23%, ahead of Agriculture & environment (23%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Larbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12286/larbert/topic/education