35.9% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Frazers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Frazers Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Frazers Creek have finished high school than in most other areas, with only 35.9% completing Year 12. This creates a local profile where many adults have left school early or hold practical trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.9% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. A significant number of residents finished their schooling at Year 10 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Frazers Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most common high-level qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.5% of residents.
16.7% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Frazers Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Management and Commerce both being the most common at 17.2% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, though it is smaller than those in most similar areas and has a lower average advantage score.
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).
184
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Frazers Creek
1 school — 184 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Beechwood Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 184 | 959 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Frazers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11563/frazers-creek/topic/education