42.3% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Clifton Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Clifton Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Clifton Creek have remained steady, with 42.3% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%, reflecting a local profile where fewer people have finished high school compared to the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.3% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 17.5% of residents stopped at Year 11, while 11.1% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Clifton Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 11 (20%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with only 14.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia, though 42% of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
14.3% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Clifton Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in engineering and related fields at 12.6%, followed by society and culture at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Clifton Creek has 17.86 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. The local primary school is government-run and much smaller than most, with an average size of 32 students.
17.86
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
922
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Clifton Creek
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 922.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Clifton Creek Primary School, Clifton Creek | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 32 | 922 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Clifton Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20573/clifton-creek/topic/education