35.0% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cattle Creek · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A massive gap exists between Cattle Creek and the rest of the country regarding formal education. Only 35% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This lack of schooling is reflected in the qualifications of adults in the area.
Highest year of school completed.
Just 35% of people here completed Year 12, a result that is far below both Queensland and Australia. No residents reported completing Year 11, Year 10, or lower levels of schooling.
35.0% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Cattle Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Cattle Creek hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is among the lowest levels for any similar area and is far below the 26.3% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Cattle Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 45%, ahead of Society & culture (27%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cattle Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30562/cattle-creek/topic/education