40.0% ▲ +26.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sandy Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 40% of people in Sandy Creek have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low level of formal schooling is reflected in the qualifications of the local adult population, where university degrees are much less common than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is far below the state and national figures, with only 40% of residents finishing Year 12. In contrast, 33.3% of people left school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Sandy Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 11 (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 41%.
9.7% ▲ +62.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Sandy Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 18.4%, followed by management, commerce, society, and culture each at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km of the area, which is a government facility. Its typical size of 128 students is lower than most areas, and its advantage score is around the middle for its level.
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).
128
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
996
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sandy Creek
1 school — 128 students, average ICSEA 996.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Kilcoy State School, Mount Kilcoy | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 128 | 996 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32513/sandy-creek/topic/education