36.3% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Herons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Herons Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Herons Creek have finished high school or university compared to most similar areas. Only 36.3% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This gap extends to higher education, with only 9.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Instead, 34.6% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest point of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Herons Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by only 9.5% of adults, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.8% of people.
9.5% ▲ +28.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Herons Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across various fields, with 12% in engineering and 9.6% each in architecture and building, health, and management and commerce.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Herons Creek has 18.52 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. All schools are government-run, and there are three schools within 3km of residents.
18.52
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
376
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Herons Creek
3 schools — 1,127 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Herons Creek Public School, Herons Creek | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 25 | 919 |
| Kendall Public School, Kendall | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 206 | 936 |
| Camden Haven High School, Laurieton | Government | Secondary | 8.5 km | 896 | 962 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Herons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11904/herons-creek/topic/education