43.8% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mullett Creek · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Mullett Creek have seen a shift, with 17.6% of adults now holding a bachelor degree or higher. While this is higher than most similar areas, the community still sees far fewer people finishing Year 12 compared to the national figure.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About a quarter of the population finished Year 9 or below.
43.8% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Mullett Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 9 or below (26%) and Year 10 (17%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 17.6%, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
17.6% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Mullett Creek, Bachelor degree is the majority at 60%; Certificate III / IV is next at 40%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 21%, ahead of Engineering & related (16%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mullett Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32060/mullett-creek/topic/education