58.2% ▲ +37.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Leneva · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualification levels than most similar areas define Leneva, where nearly a quarter of adults hold a university degree. While this is a strong result for the local region, it remains lower than the figures for Victoria and Australia as a whole.
Highest year of school completed.
About 58.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure. However, this is well below the state average for Victoria.
58.2% ▲ +37.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Leneva, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 23.9% of the population, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This is a little below the Australian average and well below Victoria's rate.
23.9% ▲ +63.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Leneva, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 19%, followed by engineering and related fields at 16.9%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Leneva has nine schools within 3km, more than 81% of similar areas. While the average school size of 584 is much higher than most areas, the average school advantage score is lower.
2.94
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
584
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
975
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
9 schools — 5,259 students, average ICSEA 975.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 6 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Grace Christian College Wodonga, Leneva | Independent | Combined | 5.8 km | 149 | 1,036 |
| Wodonga South Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 416 | 937 |
| St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Baranduda | Catholic | Primary | 7.9 km | 528 | 1,048 |
| Bandiana Primary School, Bandiana | Government | Primary | 8.3 km | 280 | 1,000 |
| Baranduda Primary School, Baranduda | Government | Primary | 8.3 km | 162 | 974 |
| Wodonga Middle Years College, Wodonga | Government | Combined | 8.7 km | 996 | 939 |
| St Monica's School, Wodonga | Catholic | Primary | 8.8 km | 511 | 1,040 |
| Wodonga Senior Secondary College, Wodonga | Government | Secondary | 8.8 km | 1,348 | 943 |
| Wodonga Primary School, Wodonga | Government | Primary | 8.8 km | 869 | 981 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Leneva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21488/leneva/topic/education