44.1% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Loadstone · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents have completed high school or university in Loadstone compared to most of the country. Only 44.1% of people finished Year 12, and no adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, meaning many locals likely rely on trade skills or work experience instead of formal degrees.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 44.1%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 29.4% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
44.1% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Loadstone, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (17%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 0.0%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Loadstone, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 44%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 50%, ahead of Health (50%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Loadstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12375/loadstone/topic/education