41.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Stony Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Stony Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Stony Creek have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 41.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern continues into higher education, where the area has a much lower rate of university degrees than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completion of Year 12 is far below the New South Wales figure, with only 41.3% of people reaching this milestone. About 28.9% of residents finished Year 10, while 11.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Stony Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 11.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.5% of residents.
11.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Stony Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Management and Commerce being the most common at 11.7%. Engineering and Society and Culture each account for 10.4% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Stony Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13683/stony-creek/topic/education