27.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Little Plain · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Little Plain
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Little Plain, where 29.5% of adults hold one. This is a place where few people have finished high school or university, with only 5.3% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 26.6% of people stopped at Year 10, and 15.6% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Little Plain splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is just 5.3%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8% and much lower than most areas.
5.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Plain, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 13.6%, followed by health at 11.4% and agriculture and environment at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most schools with an average size of 29 students. Its average school advantage score is around the middle for its level.
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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
997
Higher than 54% 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 Plain
1 school — 29 students, average ICSEA 997.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gum Flat Public School, Gum Flat | Government | Primary | 7.2 km | 29 | 997 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Little Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12365/little-plain/topic/education