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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).
Doctors Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Doctors Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap in school advantage marks the educational landscape in Doctors Flat, where the average score of 964 is lower than most areas. This small community relies on a single government school to provide local education for its students.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 11 at 27%, ahead of Year 10 (27%).
Highest year of school
View on map →Doctors Flat splits fairly evenly between Year 11 (50%) and Year 10 (50%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Certificate III / IV at 75%, ahead of Postgraduate degree (0%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Doctors Flat, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Doctors Flat has only one school, which is smaller than most similar areas with an average size of 89 students. This combined government school is the only option within 3 km, meaning there are no local Catholic or independent schools.
89
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
964
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Doctors Flat
1 school — 89 students, average ICSEA 964.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Swifts Creek P-12 School, Swifts Creek | Government | Combined | 4.8 km | 89 | 964 |
Sources
- 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 Doctors Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20767/doctors-flat/topic/education