48.1% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.4%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Little Forest · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Little Forest
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 30% of adults in Little Forest hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the typical resident has a high-level qualification, far fewer people here completed Year 12 compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.1% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the 58.9% seen across New South Wales and Australia. About a quarter of residents stopped after Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Little Forest, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 28.1% of adults, which is slightly above the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.4% of people.
28.1% ▲ +55.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 Little Forest, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and management and commerce, both at 16.8%, followed by architecture and building at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools have a higher average advantage score than most areas, with two-thirds being government primary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
331
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Little Forest
3 schools — 992 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Milton | Catholic | Primary | 5.4 km | 125 | 1,044 |
| Milton Public School, Milton | Government | Primary | 6.0 km | 823 | 1,024 |
| Budawang School, Milton | Government | Combined | 6.9 km | 44 | 909 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Little Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12360/little-forest/topic/education