40.7% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Creswick · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Creswick
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Creswick than in most similar areas. Only 40.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This lower level of formal schooling is mirrored in the qualifications data, where the number of adults with a university degree is also much lower than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.7% of people here finished Year 12, a figure far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 19.4% of residents topped out at Year 10, while 14.7% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Creswick, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.9% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.3% of residents.
15.9% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 Creswick, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Creswick are spread across several fields, with Engineering being the most common at 13.5%. Other frequent areas of study include Society and Culture at 12.2% and Health at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, with 5.91 schools for every 1,000 children. There are three primary schools within 3km, though they are smaller than most areas with an average size of 114 students.
5.91
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
114
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,014
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Creswick
3 schools — 343 students, average ICSEA 1,014.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Creswick Primary School, Creswick | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 148 | 1,009 |
| St Augustine's School, Creswick | Catholic | Primary | 0.9 km | 137 | 1,038 |
| Creswick North Primary School, Creswick | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 58 | 968 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Creswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20672/creswick/topic/education