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Education & Qualifications in Thumb Creek

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common credential in Thumb Creek, where 27.3% of adults hold one. This is a sparsely populated area where few residents have completed high school or university, leaving the community far below state and national education levels.

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Where Thumb Creek sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Thumb Creek — lower than 99% of areas.

Thumb Creek0.0%
2447, NSW 12.9%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 24.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Roughly 20.7% of people left school in Year 9 or earlier.

Completed Year 12

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Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Thumb Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (30%) and Year 10 (30%), with Year 9 or below at 26%.

Year 12 24.1% Year 10 24.1% Year 9 or below 20.7% Year 11 10.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher. This result is far below the national average of 26.3%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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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).

Highest qualification level

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In Thumb Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.

Certificate III / IV 27.3%

Field of study

What people studied.

Among those with qualifications, 13.6% studied food, hospitality and personal services. No residents hold qualifications in science, IT, engineering or architecture.

Field of qualification

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In Thumb Creek, Food, hospitality & personal services is the majority at 100%.

Food, hospitality & personal services 13.6%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Thumb Creek — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Thumb Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13872/thumb-creek/topic/education