43.7% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Pheasant Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Pheasant Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Pheasant Creek finished high school than the state average, with only 43.7% completing Year 12. This trend of lower formal schooling extends to higher education, where the area's qualification levels sit well below national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.7% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Other common stopping points include Year 10 at 15.7% and Year 11 at 15.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Pheasant Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.1% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.8% of residents.
14.1% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 Pheasant Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related topics at 13.9%, followed by Architecture and building at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary government schools within 3km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most, though they have a school advantage score that is higher than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
106
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,005
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Pheasant Creek
2 schools — 211 students, average ICSEA 1,005.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Kinglake West Primary School, Kinglake West | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 130 | 993 |
| Middle Kinglake Primary School, Kinglake Central | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 81 | 1,025 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Pheasant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22064/pheasant-creek/topic/education