29.7% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lidsdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lidsdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Lidsdale have finished high school or university, a trend that remains consistent with local patterns. Only 29.7% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. Most adults here hold trade certificates rather than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 29.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. The most common highest year of school completed in the area is Year 10, at 43.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lidsdale, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 7.0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the state average of 27.8%. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 57.1% of residents.
7.0% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Lidsdale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 65%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 30.6%. Other typical areas of study include Management and commerce at 12.2% and Health at 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lidsdale has one primary school within 3km, which is a government school. This school is smaller than most similar areas, with an average size of 186 students and a much lower advantage score than most other areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
186
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
909
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lidsdale
1 school — 186 students, average ICSEA 909.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Wallerawang Public School, Wallerawang | Government | Primary | 8.4 km | 186 | 909 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lidsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12327/lidsdale/topic/education