48.4% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Maules Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Maules Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Maules Creek sit around the middle for similar areas, though they remain well below state and national figures. Only 16.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, and far fewer residents have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 48.4%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and the national average of 58.8%. Roughly 38.7% of residents have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Maules Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 44%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 16.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27% of the population.
16.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 Maules Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Agriculture and environment and Management and commerce both accounting for 16.2% of degrees and certificates.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, though it is very small with an average size of only 3 students.
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).
3
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
Schools serving Maules Creek
1 school — 3 students.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Fairfax Public School, Maules Creek | Government | Primary | 9.9 km | 3 | — |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Maules Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12536/maules-creek/topic/education