31.1% ▲ +101.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Palen Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Palen Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Palen Creek have finished high school compared to most similar areas. Only 31.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend of lower formal schooling is matched by a lower rate of university degrees than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much lower than in most areas, with only 31.1% of people finishing Year 12. The most common highest year of schooling is Year 10, reached by 39.6% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Palen Creek, the largest group is Year 10 at 50%, followed by Year 12 (39%) and Year 9 or below (9%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.6% of the population, which is well below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification held at 40.7%.
14.6% ▲ +214.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Palen Creek splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (46%) and Bachelor degree (44%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 7%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 7.6%, followed by Health at 6.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though the average school size is much lower than most areas. The average school advantage score is 950, which is lower than most 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).
58
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Palen Creek
1 school — 58 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Rathdowney State School, Rathdowney | Government | Primary | 9.6 km | 58 | 950 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Palen Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32253/palen-creek/topic/education