43.1% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Julia Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Julia Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Julia Creek have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 43.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap is reflected in higher qualification levels, where university degrees are much less common than in typical Australian towns.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 43.1%, which is far below both Queensland and the national average. About 27.5% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 11.5% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Julia Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia; instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 35.3% of people.
9.6% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Julia Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related subjects at 13.2%, followed by health at 11.6% and management and commerce at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is only one government primary school in the area, which is much smaller than most others with an average of 38 students. While the school advantage score is much lower than most areas, there are more schools per 1,000 children than in many other similar places.
9.26
Higher than 73% 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).
38
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
919
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Julia Creek
1 school — 38 students, average ICSEA 919.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Julia Creek State School, Julia Creek | Government | Primary | 11.5 km | 38 | 919 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Julia Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31460/julia-creek/topic/education