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Education & Qualifications in Main Creek

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Main Creek sits around the middle of similar areas for education levels, though it trails the wider state. Only 42.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than the national average.

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Where Main Creek sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

16.3% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Main Creek — higher than 56% of areas.

Main Creek16.3%
2420, NSW 15.3%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Fewer people here finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 42.7% completing Year 12. About 37.8% of residents had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.

Completed Year 12

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42.7% —

Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Main Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (40%) and Year 9 or below (9%).

Year 12 42.7% Year 10 37.8% Year 9 or below 8.5% Year 11 6.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

University degrees are less common here than across Australia, with 16.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most common qualification is an advanced diploma or diploma, held by 20.8% of people.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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16.3% —

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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Main Creek splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (31%) and Bachelor degree (28%), with Certificate III / IV at 25%.

Advanced diploma / diploma 20.8% Bachelor degree 18.8% Certificate III / IV 16.7% Postgraduate degree 10.4%

Field of study

What people studied.

Those with qualifications are spread across various fields, with society and culture being the most common at 16.7%. Natural and physical sciences, engineering, and education each account for 12.5% to 14.6% of degrees.

Field of qualification

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Main Creek splits fairly evenly between Society & culture (17%) and Natural & physical sciences (15%), with Engineering & related at 13%.

Society & culture 16.7% Natural & physical sciences 14.6% Engineering & related 12.5% Education 12.5% Creative arts 12.5% Management & commerce 10.4% Food, hospitality & personal services 10.4% Health 6.3%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a fact that makes it smaller than about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Main Creek — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Main Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12455/main-creek/topic/education