37.3% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sandy Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Sandy Creek compared to the rest of the state. Only 37.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap defines the local education profile, where most adults hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 37.3% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. Roughly 19% of residents stopped at Year 10, while another 18.6% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sandy Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the state average, with 17% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 41.8% of residents.
17.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 Sandy Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering (18.4%) and health (16.3%), followed by management and commerce at 15.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is among the smallest at its level with an average size of 20 students.
28.57
Higher than 93% 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).
20
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
984
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sandy Creek
1 school — 20 students, average ICSEA 984.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Upper Sandy Creek Primary School, Sandy Creek | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 20 | 984 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22235/sandy-creek/topic/education