26.1% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Spring Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Spring Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 33 percentage points separates Spring Creek from the national figure for Year 12 completion. Only 26.1% of residents finished their final year of school, which is among the lowest levels seen in similar areas. This trend of lower formal schooling is mirrored in higher education, where fewer adults hold degrees than in the wider state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a quarter of people finished Year 12, a result far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of schooling completed here is Year 10, at 52.0%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Spring Creek, Year 10 is the majority at 59%; Year 12 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.9% of the population, which is well below the state average of 21.9%. Among those with a qualification, the most common are bachelor degrees at 37.6% and Certificate III or IV at 34.9%.
12.9% ▲ +727.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Spring Creek splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (44%) and Certificate III / IV (41%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 9%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 14.1%, followed by health at 13.4% and management and commerce at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school has an average size of 153 students and a school advantage score 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).
153
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Spring Creek
1 school — 153 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lake Clarendon State School, Lake Clarendon | Government | Primary | 8.2 km | 153 | 961 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Spring Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32621/spring-creek/topic/education