63.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lidster · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lidster
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more adults in Lidster hold university degrees than the national average, with 37.9% having a bachelor degree or higher. This is a highly educated area where school completion is also strong. This level of qualification is far above both the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high here at 63%, which is well above the 58.9% seen across New South Wales. Most residents finished their schooling at Year 12, while about 20% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lidster, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 37.9% of adults, a figure far above the 26.3% national average. The most common qualifications are bachelor degrees at 33.7% and Certificate III or IV at 23.8%.
37.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 37.9%
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 Lidster, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health and management and commerce both accounting for 16.6%. Engineering and related fields also make up a significant 14.4% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a much higher advantage score than most areas, though the average school size of 80 is much lower. There are two government primary schools within 3 km.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
80
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,053
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lidster
2 schools — 159 students, average ICSEA 1,053.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Nashdale Public School, Nashdale | Government | Primary | 8.7 km | 137 | 1,063 |
| Borenore Public School, Borenore | Government | Primary | 9.6 km | 22 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lidster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12328/lidster/topic/education