49.3% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 46.3%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Slacks Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Slacks Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Slacks Creek have finished Year 12 than in many similar areas, though the community still faces gaps in higher education. While nearly half of residents completed their final school year, only 10.7% of adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas but well below the national figure of 58.8%. The remaining group includes 21.3% who finished Year 10 and 13.7% who left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Slacks Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are far less common here than across Queensland, with only 10.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.6% of the population.
10.7% ▲ +37.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Slacks Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 16.5%, followed by society and culture at 13.8% and engineering at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Slacks Creek has some of the largest schools for its level, averaging 706 students, with 35 schools located within 3km. Most of these are government schools, which make up 65.7% of the sector.
0.90
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
35
Higher than 89% 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).
706
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower 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 Slacks Creek
35 schools — 24,727 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 23 · Independent 7 · Catholic 5
By type: Primary 20 · Secondary 9 · Combined 6
| Faith Christian School of Distance Education - Daisy Hill Campus, Daisy Hill | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 1,615 | 1,019 |
| St Edward the Confessor School, Daisy Hill | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 542 | 1,068 |
| John Paul College, Daisy Hill | Independent | Combined | 1.0 km | 2,235 | 1,117 |
| Mabel Park State High School, Slacks Creek | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,814 | 916 |
| Chatswood Hills State School, Springwood | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 607 | 1,028 |
| Daisy Hill State School, Daisy Hill | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 241 | 940 |
| Mabel Park State School, Slacks Creek | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 718 | 885 |
| Springwood Central State School, Springwood | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 252 | 984 |
| Calvary Christian College, Springwood | Independent | Primary | 2.5 km | 952 | 1,069 |
| Harris Fields State School, Woodridge | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 506 | 889 |
| Y Schools Queensland - Logan, Kingston | Independent | Secondary | 2.8 km | 346 | 908 |
| Springwood State High School, Springwood | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 577 | 991 |
| St Paul's School, Woodridge | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 346 | 935 |
| Ohana College, Meadowbrook | Independent | Secondary | 3.1 km | 237 | 964 |
| Woodridge State School, Logan Central | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 733 | 884 |
| Woodridge North State School, Woodridge | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 496 | 884 |
| Springwood Road State School, Rochedale South | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 435 | 1,009 |
| Kingston State School, Kingston | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 512 | 887 |
| Logan City Special School, Logan Central | Government | Combined | 3.7 km | 381 | 963 |
| Kimberley Park State School, Shailer Park | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 667 | 1,034 |
| Groves Christian College, Kingston | Independent | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,678 | 977 |
| Loganlea State High School, Loganlea | Government | Secondary | 3.9 km | 928 | 930 |
| Kingston State College, Kingston | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 866 | 901 |
| Woodridge State High School, Logan Central | Government | Secondary | 4.0 km | 1,088 | 856 |
| The Centre Education Programme, Kingston | Catholic | Secondary | 4.4 km | 122 | 864 |
| Berrinba East State School, Berrinba | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 398 | 875 |
| Islamic College of Brisbane, Karawatha | Independent | Combined | 5.2 km | 1,712 | 1,057 |
| Shailer Park State School, Shailer Park | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 447 | 994 |
| Shailer Park State High School, Shailer Park | Government | Secondary | 5.3 km | 958 | 998 |
| St Peter's Primary School, Rochedale | Catholic | Primary | 5.4 km | 508 | 1,080 |
| Rochedale South State School, Rochedale South | Government | Primary | 5.4 km | 478 | 1,028 |
| Kuraby State School, Kuraby | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 359 | 998 |
| St Matthew's School, Cornubia | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 561 | 1,055 |
| Eight Mile Plains State School, Eight Mile Plains | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 324 | 1,023 |
| Kuraby Special School, Kuraby | Government | Combined | 6.0 km | 88 | 1,008 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Slacks Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32576/slacks-creek/topic/education