31.4% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Little Jilliby · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Little Jilliby
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Little Jilliby have completed high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 31.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a local trend where formal qualifications are less common than in other parts of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 31.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is 27 points lower than in New South Wales. Other common outcomes include 21.4% finishing Year 10 and 5.7% finishing Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Little Jilliby, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with 10.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 15.8%.
10.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Little Jilliby splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (45%) and Bachelor degree (40%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are architecture and building at 12.3%, followed by education and society and culture, both at 8.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary government schools within 3km of the area. These schools are much smaller than those in most similar areas, with an average size of 77 students.
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).
77
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% 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 Jilliby
2 schools — 154 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Jilliby Public School, Wyong | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 60 | 989 |
| Wyong Creek Public School, Wyong Creek | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 94 | 978 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Little Jilliby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12363/little-jilliby/topic/education