40.3% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.6%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
North Star · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in North Star
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in North Star than in most similar areas. Only 40.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures. This lack of formal schooling is mirrored in qualification levels, where university degrees are much less common than across the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 40.3%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 17% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In North Star, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 14.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result far below the national figure of 26.3%. Certificates III and IV are the next most common qualification at 12.7%.
14.4% ▲ +50.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 North Star, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Certificate III / IV (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in North Star are most often in agriculture and environment, held by 15.5% of people. Management and commerce follow at 10%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is very small with just 22 students. All local schools are government primary schools.
18.52
Higher than 87% 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).
22
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
973
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving North Star
1 school — 22 students, average ICSEA 973.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| North Star Public School, North Star | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 22 | 973 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in North Star [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13018/north-star/topic/education