38.8% ▲ +23.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kelsey Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kelsey Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Kelsey Creek has remained consistently lower than state and national levels. Only 38.8% of residents have finished Year 12, and just 10.6% of adults hold a university degree. This puts the area far below the typical figures for Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than 40% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, completed by 40.5% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kelsey Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (45%) and Year 12 (43%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon here, with only 10.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland average of 21.9%, though 44.1% of qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
10.6% ▲ +206.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Kelsey Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 22%, followed by Management and commerce at 20.3% and Health at 15.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much larger than most in similar areas with an average size of 577 students. This school's advantage score of 968 is lower than most other areas.
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).
577
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kelsey Creek
1 school — 577 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Proserpine State School, Proserpine | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 577 | 968 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kelsey Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31498/kelsey-creek/topic/education