36.8% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Leigh Creek · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Leigh Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in Leigh Creek since 2011, though more adults now hold university degrees. While only 36.8% of residents completed Year 12, about 16% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rates fell by 8 points since 2011 to 36.8%, a figure that is far below both the South Australian (54.6%) and national (58.8%) averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Leigh Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 55%; Year 11 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 16.0% since 2011, which is higher than most similar areas despite being far below the national figure.
16.0% ▲ +42.0%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 Leigh Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (37%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (9%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held in the area are in education at 15.5% and engineering at 13.8%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Leigh Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422027/leigh-creek/topic/education