43.3% ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Leichhardt · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Leichhardt
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Leichhardt have finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 43.3% completing Year 12. This gap in basic schooling is reflected in the low number of university degrees, making it an area where trade and certificate qualifications are far more common.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8% and the Queensland rate of 57.1%. About 25.6% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Leichhardt, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by just 7.2% of adults, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 44% of the population.
7.2% ▲ +71.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Leichhardt, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 17.8%, followed by society and culture at 14.6% and engineering at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Leichhardt has 19 schools within 3km, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. While schools here are much larger than most, there are among the fewest schools available per 1,000 children.
0.92
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
600
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
999
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Leichhardt
19 schools — 11,408 students, average ICSEA 999.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 5 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 9 · Combined 5 · Secondary 5
| Leichhardt State School, Leichhardt | Government | Primary | 0.4 km | 304 | 862 |
| Immaculate Heart School, Leichhardt | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 248 | 1,002 |
| Ipswich West State School, West Ipswich | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 210 | 947 |
| Ipswich West Special School, West Ipswich | Government | Combined | 1.8 km | 135 | 950 |
| Blair State School, Sadliers Crossing | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 320 | 952 |
| Ipswich Grammar School, Ipswich | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,336 | 1,114 |
| Bremer State High School, Ipswich | Government | Secondary | 2.4 km | 2,020 | 938 |
| St Edmund's College, Woodend | Catholic | Combined | 2.5 km | 1,171 | 1,049 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Woodend | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 556 | 1,041 |
| St Mary's College, Ipswich | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 730 | 1,033 |
| Churchill State School, Churchill | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 285 | 910 |
| The Industry School - Ipswich, North Ipswich | Independent | Secondary | 3.2 km | 208 | 1,017 |
| Ipswich Adventist School, Brassall | Independent | Primary | 3.3 km | 108 | 1,026 |
| Ipswich Flexible School, Ipswich | Catholic | Secondary | 3.4 km | 111 | 892 |
| Ipswich Central State School, Ipswich | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 529 | 980 |
| Ipswich Special School, Ipswich | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 108 | 962 |
| Ipswich North State School, North Ipswich | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 206 | 904 |
| Ipswich State High School, Brassall | Government | Secondary | 3.8 km | 1,776 | 925 |
| Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School, East Ipswich | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,047 | 1,122 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31650/leichhardt/topic/education