40.5% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Swifts Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Swifts Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 40.5% of residents in Swifts Creek finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure. This low rate of school completion contrasts with a relatively high proportion of adults who hold university degrees compared to similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. About 21.6% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Swifts Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.8% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.1% of residents.
17.8% ▲ +48.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 Swifts Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across various fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 15.6%, followed by Education at 12.8% and Health at 11.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a very high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school size is much lower than in most areas. The only school serving the area is a government-run combined school.
25.00
Higher than 91% 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).
89
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
964
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Swifts Creek
1 school — 89 students, average ICSEA 964.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Swifts Creek P-12 School, Swifts Creek | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 89 | 964 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Swifts Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22413/swifts-creek/topic/education