30.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Swan Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Swan Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Swan Creek have finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 30% completing Year 12. This gap is seen across the board, as the area has a very low level of higher education and university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. In this area, 28.7% of people left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Swan Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (31%) and Year 10 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 29%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Swan Creek hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, half of the residents have a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Swan Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 83%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 25%, followed by architecture and building at 17.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one independent combined school within 3km, though it is smaller than most similar schools and has a lower advantage score than most areas.
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).
209
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
974
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Swan Creek
1 school — 209 students, average ICSEA 974.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Combined 1
| St Andrew's Christian School, Grafton | Independent | Combined | 4.5 km | 209 | 974 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Swan Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13721/swan-creek/topic/education