29.7% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Duck Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Duck Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About a quarter of adults in Duck Creek hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking it as a highly qualified area. While university degrees are common, only 29.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national figures, at just 29.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 32.4% of people listing Year 10 as their highest school level.
Highest year of school
View on map →Duck Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 25.6% of adults, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Australian figure. Certificate III or IV qualifications are also common, held by 29.2% of residents.
25.6% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Duck Creek splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (32%), with Graduate diploma / certificate at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of qualification at 25.0%, followed by education at 20.8% and agriculture and environment at 16.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Duck Creek has one government primary school within 3 km, though it is among the smallest in the region with an average size of 13 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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
776
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Duck Creek
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 776.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Old Bonalbo Public School, Old Bonalbo | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 13 | 776 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Duck Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11300/duck-creek/topic/education