38.3% ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Apple Tree Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Apple Tree Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Apple Tree Creek, where 41.5% of adults hold one. This is a place where school and university completion rates are much lower than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Apple Tree Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 10.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
10.3% ▲ +86.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Apple Tree Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related studies at 19%, followed by society and culture at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government secondary school. The typical school size is 392 students, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
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).
392
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
930
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Apple Tree Creek
1 school — 392 students, average ICSEA 930.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Secondary 1
| Isis District State High School, Childers | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 392 | 930 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Apple Tree Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30068/apple-tree-creek/topic/education