40.5% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Rowlands Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Rowlands Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational levels in Rowlands Creek have remained relatively steady, though the area trails the national average in school completion. Only 40.5% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to most areas. The rate of Year 12 completion is 40.5%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Rowlands Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.1% of the population, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26.7% of residents.
17.1% ▲ +36.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Rowlands Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health being the most common at 23.3%, followed by architecture and building at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than typical schools with an average size of 86 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).
86
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
977
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Rowlands Creek
1 school — 86 students, average ICSEA 977.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Uki Public School, Uki | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 86 | 977 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Rowlands Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13447/rowlands-creek/topic/education