48.1% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Ross Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Ross Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-two per cent of qualified adults in Ross Creek hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. Overall, educational attainment is lower than the state and national figures, with fewer residents finishing secondary school or earning university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 48.1%, completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 21% of the population finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Ross Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than elsewhere, with 17.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the national average of 26.3%.
17.1% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 Ross Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most often studied engineering and related fields (19.9%), followed by management and commerce at 15.4% and health at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Three primary schools serve the area, which is more than 70% of similar places. These schools are smaller than average, with a typical size of 198 students.
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).
198
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Ross Creek
3 schools — 595 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3
| Woady Yaloak Primary School, Smythesdale | Government | Primary | 7.4 km | 326 | 993 |
| Magpie Primary School, Magpie | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 103 | 923 |
| St James' School, Sebastopol | Catholic | Primary | 8.0 km | 166 | 1,034 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Ross Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22203/ross-creek/topic/education