59.1% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lorn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lorn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More residents in Lorn hold high-level qualifications than in most similar areas. Nearly 29% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is a little above the national figure. This educational trend is mirrored in school completion, where 59.1% of people finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 59.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lorn, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 28.9% of the population, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages.
28.9% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Lorn splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (33%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 17.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.4% and education at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lorn has 18 schools within 3 km, which is more than 88% of similar areas, though the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
3.66
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
18
Higher than 86% 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).
536
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lorn
18 schools — 9,649 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 11 · Catholic 4 · Independent 3
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 5 · Combined 2
| Nillo Infants School, Lorn | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 52 | 1,076 |
| All Saints College, Maitland | Catholic | Secondary | 1.6 km | 1,191 | 1,023 |
| St John the Baptist Primary School, Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 1.7 km | 397 | 1,047 |
| Maitland Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 405 | 936 |
| Bolwarra Public School, Bolwarra | Government | Primary | 2.2 km | 390 | 1,032 |
| Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 2.6 km | 900 | 960 |
| Maitland East Public School, East Maitland | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 559 | 975 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, East Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 2.8 km | 449 | 1,063 |
| Linuwel School Ltd, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 2.9 km | 244 | 1,041 |
| Maitland High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 3.3 km | 958 | 947 |
| Hunter Trade College, Telarah | Independent | Secondary | 3.4 km | 257 | 978 |
| Tenambit Public School, Tenambit | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 283 | 893 |
| Telarah Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 519 | 879 |
| St Paul's Primary School, Rutherford | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 370 | 996 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Maitland, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 108 | 975 |
| Rutherford Technology High School, Rutherford | Government | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,405 | 922 |
| Largs Public School, Largs | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 155 | 991 |
| Rutherford Public School, Rutherford | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 1,007 | 933 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12398/lorn/topic/education