39.2% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Doubtful Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Doubtful Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 40% of people in Doubtful Creek finished Year 12, which is far below the national rate. This lack of formal schooling is reflected in the qualification data, where only 2.2% of adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 39.2%, which is 20 percentage points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 34.4% of residents identify Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Doubtful Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are very rare here, with only 2.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though trade qualifications are more common with 34.4% holding a Certificate III or IV.
2.2% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Doubtful Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 69%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in management and commerce at 25%, followed by engineering and related fields at 17.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one small government primary school with an average size of just 18 students, which is among the lowest for any school in the country.
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).
18
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Doubtful Creek
1 school — 18 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Stratheden Public School, Stratheden | Government | Primary | 8.0 km | 18 | 931 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Doubtful Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11284/doubtful-creek/topic/education