40.5% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kings Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kings Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have become more common in Kings Creek, where nearly a quarter of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher. While university qualifications are high, the area has a much lower rate of high school completion compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 40.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 23.8% of people had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Kings Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 23.7% of adults, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the state average.
23.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Kings Creek splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (43%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (43%), with Certificate III / IV at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 67%, ahead of Health (33%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, most of which are government primary schools. These schools are typically smaller than those in most other areas and have a lower average advantage score.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
123
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kings Creek
4 schools — 490 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| St Francis De Sales School, Clifton | Catholic | Primary | 3.3 km | 43 | 984 |
| Clifton State School, Clifton | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 86 | 962 |
| Clifton State High School, Clifton | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 310 | 965 |
| Nobby State School, Nobby | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 51 | 930 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kings Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31544/kings-creek/topic/education