42.9% ▲ +25.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Greens Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Greens Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Greens Creek has remained steady over the last decade, though levels stay well below state and national figures. Only 42.9% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national rate of 58.8%. This creates a local profile where trade certificates are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the Queensland figure, with only 42.9% of people finishing Year 12. About 32% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, and 10.5% left at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Greens Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here than in most of Australia, as only 16.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.6% of the population.
16.7% ▲ +106.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Greens Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area most commonly studied engineering and related fields, at 19.3%. Health (12.9%) and education (10.5%) are also frequent fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Greens Creek has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the typical school size is smaller. The only school in the area is a government primary school.
16.13
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
174
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Greens Creek
1 school — 174 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gympie East State School, Greens Creek | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 174 | 979 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Greens Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31241/greens-creek/topic/education