42.1% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sunday Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sunday Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 42.1% of adults in Sunday Creek finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian average. This reflects a broader trend in the area, where higher education is less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here completed Year 12 compared to the national figure. About 22.3% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 11.3% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sunday Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.5% of the population, which is far below the Australian average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.8% of people.
12.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 Sunday Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study are Engineering at 22.3%, Health at 12%, and Management and commerce at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government schools within 3 km, which is more than most similar areas. These schools are much larger than average, though they have a lower advantage score than most.
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).
582
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sunday Creek
2 schools — 1,163 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Broadford Secondary College, Broadford | Government | Secondary | 5.7 km | 814 | 969 |
| Broadford Primary School, Broadford | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 349 | 965 |
Sources
More for Sunday Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sunday Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22392/sunday-creek/topic/education