41.9% ▲ +79.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bakers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bakers Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Bakers Creek finished Year 12, which suggests a local workforce relying more on trade skills than formal degrees. Only 10.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 41.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. About a quarter of the population finished at Year 10, and 10% left school at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bakers Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade qualifications are common here, with 41.9% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV. This helps explain why the 10.4% with a university degree is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.4% ▲ +263.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Bakers Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 24.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by two primary schools, both of which are government run. These schools are smaller than most and have a school advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
3.02
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
110
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
934
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bakers Creek
2 schools — 219 students, average ICSEA 934.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Dundula State School, Bakers Creek | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 117 | 921 |
| Chelona State School, Chelona | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 102 | 949 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bakers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30119/bakers-creek/topic/education