28.1% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Giants Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Giants Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower schooling and qualification rates than most similar areas define Giants Creek. Only 28.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national and state figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%. For those who did finish school, the most common highest level reached was Year 10 at 29.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Giants Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (35%) and Year 12 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.4% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 25.8% of residents.
9.4% ▲ +150.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Giants Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is Engineering and related subjects at 16.7%. Health and Education follow at 7.6% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 23 students. This school has an advantage score of 814, among the lowest at this level.
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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
814
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Giants Creek
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 814.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sandy Hollow Public School, Sandy Hollow | Government | Primary | 12.0 km | 23 | 814 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Giants Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11616/giants-creek/topic/education