32.0% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Captain Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Captain Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than one in three people in Captain Creek finished Year 12, reflecting a community where formal schooling levels are far below the national average. This is a place where trade qualifications and practical skills are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 33.1% of people listing Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Captain Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 11 at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, as only 7.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, though trade certificates are popular, with 41.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
7.8% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Captain Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 20%, followed by Management and commerce at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Captain Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30531/captain-creek/topic/education