29.8% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lyndhurst · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lyndhurst
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Lyndhurst have finished high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 29.8% of people completed Year 12, and just 8.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and national figures at 29.8%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 for 32.7% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Lyndhurst splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 8.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40% of the population.
8.1% ▲ +112.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Lyndhurst, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications often studied Engineering and related fields (13.9%), followed by Management and Commerce at 12.7% and Health at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the local primary school is very small with an average of 7 students.
11.76
Higher than 78% 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).
7
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
856
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lyndhurst
1 school — 7 students, average ICSEA 856.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lyndhurst Public School, Lyndhurst | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 7 | 856 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lyndhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12435/lyndhurst/topic/education