63.7% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lennox Head · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lennox Head
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of adults in Lennox Head hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it a highly educated area. This academic achievement is reflected in the local schooling data, where a large majority of residents have completed Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is common here, with 63.7% of residents doing so. This is well above the 58.9% seen across New South Wales and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lennox Head, Year 12 is the majority at 68%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees are very common, held by 33.5% of adults. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
33.5% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 33.5%
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 Lennox Head, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 38%, followed by Certificate III / IV (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 17.2%, followed by health at 14.2% and education at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lennox Head has three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. Local schools are much larger and have much higher advantage scores than most other areas.
0.65
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
585
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,082
Higher 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 Lennox Head
3 schools — 1,754 students, average ICSEA 1,082.
By sector: Catholic 2 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Lennox Head Public School, Lennox Head | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 424 | 1,064 |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Skennars Head | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 446 | 1,102 |
| Xavier Catholic College Ballina, Skennars Head | Catholic | Secondary | 4.8 km | 884 | 1,081 |
Sources
More for Lennox Head
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lennox Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12312/lennox-head/topic/education