43.1% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Largs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Largs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 16 percentage points separates Largs from the state and national figures for Year 12 completion. While 43.1% of residents finished high school, this is far below the New South Wales and Australian averages. These figures set the tone for a community where many adults hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.1% of people in Largs completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 32.3% of residents listed Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Largs, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.4% of the population, which is well below the Australian average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.5% of residents.
16.4% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Largs, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Engineering and related fields at 23.0%, followed by Management and Commerce at 18.1% and Health at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Largs has more schools within 3 km than about 84% of similar areas, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children. Most of these are government primary schools, and the average school size of 428 is higher than most areas.
2.37
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
428
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
986
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Largs
12 schools — 5,140 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 10 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Largs Public School, Largs | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 155 | 991 |
| Bolwarra Public School, Bolwarra | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 390 | 1,032 |
| Morpeth Public School, Morpeth | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 262 | 1,023 |
| Linuwel School Ltd, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 3.7 km | 244 | 1,041 |
| Iona Public School, Woodville | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 47 | 992 |
| Tenambit Public School, Tenambit | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 283 | 893 |
| Hinton Public School, Hinton | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 99 | 1,009 |
| Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 4.7 km | 900 | 960 |
| Maitland High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 958 | 947 |
| Nillo Infants School, Lorn | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 52 | 1,076 |
| Maitland East Public School, East Maitland | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 559 | 975 |
| All Saints College, Maitland | Catholic | Secondary | 5.7 km | 1,191 | 1,023 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Largs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12287/largs/topic/education