48.5% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Delaneys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Delaneys Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 11.8% of adults in Delaneys Creek hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. This gap reflects a wider trend in the area where school and university qualifications are much lower than in the rest of Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents, 48.5%, have completed Year 12. This is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and far below the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Delaneys Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Vocational training is common here, with 43.8% of adults holding a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification. This helps explain why bachelor degrees are far less common than in most other areas.
11.8% ▲ +43.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Delaneys Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 18.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two schools within 3km, both of which are government run. These schools have a typical size of 391 students, though their average advantage score is lower than most areas.
3.60
Lower than 52% 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).
391
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Delaneys Creek
2 schools — 781 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Delaneys Creek State School, Delaneys Creek | Government | Primary | 2.9 km | 288 | 1,000 |
| Woodford State School, Woodford | Government | Combined | 5.7 km | 493 | 952 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Delaneys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30829/delaneys-creek/topic/education