37.5% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gulf Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gulf Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Gulf Creek, held by 45% of adults. This reflects a community where formal higher education is far less common than in the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Gulf Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (44%) and Year 10 (44%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a result that is far below the national average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Gulf Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are agriculture and environment as well as management and commerce, each making up 25% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gulf Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11799/gulf-creek/topic/education