58.2% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.7%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Louth Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Louth Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of the people in Louth Park finished Year 12, marking it as an area where school completion is much higher than in most similar places. While many adults hold trade certificates, about 21.3% have a university degree, which is higher than the usual figure for similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 58.2% of residents completed Year 12, a rate that is roughly the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Louth Park, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificates III and IV are the most common qualifications here at 34.9%. While 21.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the national figure.
21.3% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 Louth Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 26.0%, followed by engineering and related fields at 21.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Louth Park has 14 schools within 3km, which is more than 85% of similar areas. These schools are larger than most, with a typical size of 527 students.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
527
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,001
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Louth Park
14 schools — 7,374 students, average ICSEA 1,001.
By sector: Government 7 · Independent 4 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 4 · Combined 2
| The Heights Learning Community, Gillieston Heights | Independent | Primary | 2.6 km | 14 | 1,058 |
| Gillieston Public School, Gillieston Heights | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 404 | 922 |
| Hunter Trade College, Telarah | Independent | Secondary | 4.1 km | 257 | 978 |
| St John the Baptist Primary School, Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 397 | 1,047 |
| All Saints College, Maitland | Catholic | Secondary | 4.2 km | 1,191 | 1,023 |
| St Joseph's Primary School, East Maitland | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 449 | 1,063 |
| Maitland East Public School, East Maitland | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 559 | 975 |
| Maitland Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 405 | 936 |
| Hunter Valley Grammar School, Ashtonfield | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 1,161 | 1,134 |
| OneSchool Global NSW - Maitland, East Maitland | Independent | Combined | 5.0 km | 108 | 975 |
| Maitland Grossmann High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 5.1 km | 900 | 960 |
| Maitland High School, East Maitland | Government | Secondary | 5.3 km | 958 | 947 |
| Nillo Infants School, Lorn | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 52 | 1,076 |
| Telarah Public School, Maitland | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 519 | 879 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Louth Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12404/louth-park/topic/education