36.8% ▲ +18.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Alumy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Alumy Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Alumy Creek have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This creates a local profile where practical certificates are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is low here, with only 36.8% of people finishing Year 12. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%, and the most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 39.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Alumy Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (42%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 11 at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, putting Alumy Creek among the lowest for this qualification. Instead, trade and vocational training is common, with 42.2% of residents holding a Certificate III or IV.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Alumy Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 76%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications have focused largely on Management and Commerce (28.9%) and Engineering (20.0%), followed by Architecture and Building at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are typically larger than most, with two-thirds being government primary schools and one-third Catholic secondary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
498
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
954
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Alumy Creek
3 schools — 1,494 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Westlawn Public School, Grafton | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 467 | 940 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Grafton | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 259 | 1,020 |
| Grafton High School, Grafton | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 768 | 941 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alumy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10047/alumy-creek/topic/education