42.2% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
The Leap · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in The Leap
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in The Leap finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 42.2% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the area falls well below state and national figures for university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 42.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Many people here left school earlier, with 31.1% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In The Leap, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 11 (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.5% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.6% of residents.
13.5% ▲ +77.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 The Leap, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are strongest in Engineering and related fields at 28.0%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is government-run. This school is much smaller than most others, with an average size of 71 students.
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).
71
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
944
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving The Leap
1 school — 71 students, average ICSEA 944.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coningsby State School, Farleigh | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 71 | 944 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in The Leap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32797/the-leap/topic/education