63.8% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Leawood Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Leawood Gardens
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 34% of adults in Leawood Gardens hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the South Australian figure. This high level of qualification is reflected in the schooling data, where residents are much more likely to have finished Year 12 than people in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A strong 63.8% of residents completed Year 12, a result that is well above the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Leawood Gardens, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 9 or below is next at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Degrees are common here, with 34% of adults holding a bachelor's or higher. This is far above the 22.7% seen across South Australia.
34.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
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 Leawood Gardens, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 33%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Postgraduate degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are mostly focused on engineering and related fields at 26.3%, followed by health at 21.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has four schools within 3km, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. These schools have an average size of 793 students and advantage scores among the highest at this level.
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).
793
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,146
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Leawood Gardens
4 schools — 3,170 students, average ICSEA 1,146.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 2
| Seymour College, Glen Osmond | Independent | Combined | 2.8 km | 715 | 1,150 |
| Glen Osmond Primary School, Myrtle Bank | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 363 | 1,143 |
| Linden Park Primary School, Linden Park | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 981 | 1,160 |
| Mercedes College, Springfield | Catholic | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,111 | 1,133 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Leawood Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40755/leawood-gardens/topic/education