33.0% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Flagstone Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Flagstone Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates Flagstone Creek from the national figure for Year 12 completion. Only 33% of residents here finished school, which is far below both the state and national averages. This trend extends to higher education, with fewer adults holding university degrees compared to most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 33% of people in Flagstone Creek completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. Roughly 32% of residents had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Flagstone Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (44%) and Year 10 (43%), with Year 9 or below at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.5% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.2% of residents.
10.5% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
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 Flagstone Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is Engineering and related subjects at 23.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 20.41 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. There are two primary government schools within 3km, though the average school size is very small at 23 students.
20.41
Higher than 88% 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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Flagstone Creek
2 schools — 46 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Flagstone Creek State School, Flagstone Creek | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 37 | 995 |
| Mount Whitestone State School, Mount Whitestone | Government | Primary | 7.6 km | 9 | 934 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Flagstone Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31048/flagstone-creek/topic/education