37.8% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Elaman Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Elaman Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Elaman Creek have shifted since 2011, with a notable gap in high school completion. While a fifth of adults hold a university degree, far fewer residents finished Year 12 compared to the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average. This is lower than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Elaman Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is about the same as the state average but well below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.3% of people.
21.3% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 Elaman Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (35%) and Postgraduate degree (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering being the most common at 10.3%, followed by Education and Management at 8.6% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one independent secondary school, which is much smaller than most other schools with an average of 69 students. Its school advantage score is around the middle 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).
69
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
996
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Elaman Creek
1 school — 69 students, average ICSEA 996.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Secondary 1
| My Independent School, Beerwah | Independent | Secondary | 3.8 km | 69 | 996 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Elaman Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30954/elaman-creek/topic/education