47.2% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 45.0%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Longreach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Longreach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Longreach sits around the middle of similar areas for its educational attainment, though it trails the state and national figures. Only 47.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. This gap is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is well below the Queensland rate at 47.2%. This is significantly lower than the national figure, with 21.5% of people having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Longreach, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 14.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.2% of the population.
14.9% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Longreach, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Longreach are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 12.5%. Health and engineering follow closely at 11.0% and 10.5% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar places, with four schools within 3km of the centre. However, these schools are smaller than average and have lower advantage scores than most areas.
6.73
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
162
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Longreach
4 schools — 646 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Longreach State School, Longreach | Government | Primary | 52.4 km | 126 | 956 |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Longreach | Catholic | Primary | 52.9 km | 117 | 978 |
| Longreach State High School, Longreach | Government | Secondary | 54.0 km | 205 | 932 |
| Longreach School of Distance Education, Longreach | Government | Combined | 56.1 km | 198 | 977 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31685/longreach/topic/education