32.8% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Butchers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Butchers Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Butchers Creek have finished high school, with only 32.8% completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%. While university degrees are less common than in the rest of the state, about one in five adults holds a qualification in engineering.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 31.1% of residents having Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Butchers Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 11 at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.9% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 25.6% of adults.
14.9% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Butchers Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Graduate diploma / certificate (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 20.9%, followed by food, hospitality and personal services at 18.6% and agriculture and environment at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though its average size of 30 students is much lower than most areas. The average school advantage score of 937 is also much lower than in similar places.
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).
30
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
937
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Butchers Creek
1 school — 30 students, average ICSEA 937.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Butchers Creek State School, Butchers Creek | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 30 | 937 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Butchers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30462/butchers-creek/topic/education