44.0% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rocky Creek · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 15 percentage points separates Rocky Creek from the state average in high school completion. Only 44% of residents finished Year 12, and no adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. For those who left school earlier, 32% finished Year 10.
44.0% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Rocky Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 42%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a university degree is 0%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3% and among the lowest for similar areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Rocky Creek, Advanced diploma / diploma is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 60%, ahead of Management & commerce (30%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, a result that is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rocky Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13398/rocky-creek/topic/education