30.9% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Leyburn · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Leyburn
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 30.9% of people in Leyburn finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This indicates a community where formal schooling levels are much lower than in most other areas across the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 30.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Other common highest years of schooling include Year 10 at 30.3% and Year 9 or below at 16.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Leyburn splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (36%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 38.8% of residents.
6.7% ▲ +158.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Leyburn, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related fields at 16.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.2% and Society and culture at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Leyburn has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the local primary school is small with an average size of 23 students and a low advantage score.
14.08
Higher than 82% 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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
894
Lower 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 Leyburn
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 894.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Leyburn State School, Leyburn | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 23 | 894 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Leyburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31655/leyburn/topic/education