28.8% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cannon Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cannon Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just under 29% of residents in Cannon Creek have completed Year 12, which is far below the state and national figures. This is an area where fewer people have finished high school or earned a university degree compared to most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.8% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the 57.1% seen in Queensland. Many residents stopped their schooling earlier, with 26.9% completing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cannon Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (36%), with Year 11 at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 9.4% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 17.1% of residents.
9.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Cannon Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 45%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Management and commerce, both at 11.4%, followed by Information technology at 8.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is smaller than most schools at this level with an average size of 21 students. This school also has one of the lowest advantage scores for its level.
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).
21
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
878
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cannon Creek
1 school — 21 students, average ICSEA 878.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Broadwater State School, Broadwater | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 21 | 878 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cannon Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30518/cannon-creek/topic/education