41.3% ▲ +46.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Long Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Long Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Long Flat have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state. Only 41.3% of people here completed Year 12, which is 18 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the state and national figures, with only 41.3% of people reaching that milestone. Many residents left school earlier, with 27.2% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Long Flat, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, as only 3.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the state figure of 27.8%, while Certificates III or IV are the most common qualification at 43.6%.
3.1% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Long Flat, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 71%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related fields at 28.2%, followed by Health at 15.4% and Education at 12.8%.
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 others with an average size of 36 students. This provides 50 schools per 1,000 children, among the highest for this level.
50.00
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
36
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
887
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Long Flat
1 school — 36 students, average ICSEA 887.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Long Flat Public School, Long Flat | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 36 | 887 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Long Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12386/long-flat/topic/education