51.4% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Merritts Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Merritts Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More adults in Merritts Creek now hold university degrees than in the past, with 27.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. While this is well above the Queensland figure, the area is still quite split, as only 51.4% of residents finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 51.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the national figure. This is higher than most similar areas, though 37.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Merritts Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 38%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 27.6% of adults, which is much higher than most areas and well above the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.1% of people.
27.6% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 Merritts Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are varied, with the largest groups studying engineering and related fields (22.6%) and education (13.2%). Health and management and commerce both stand at 11.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Merritts Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31814/merritts-creek/topic/education