42.0% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sugarloaf Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sugarloaf Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Sugarloaf Creek compared to the rest of the state. Only 42% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are also much less common than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 42% of residents have completed Year 12, a result far below the national figure of 58.8%. Other common school outcomes include Year 11 at 17.1% and Year 10 at 16.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sugarloaf Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 11 (20%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.6% of the population, which is far below the 29.2% seen in Victoria. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.5% of residents.
15.6% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Sugarloaf Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 14.7%, followed by society and culture at 11.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sugarloaf Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22387/sugarloaf-creek/topic/education