40.4% ▲ +39.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Welcome Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Welcome Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all qualified adults in Welcome Creek hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. Educational attainment is generally lower than in other regions, with only 40.4% of residents completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 40.4% of people finishing school compared to 58.8% across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Welcome Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 13.7% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
13.7% ▲ +80.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Welcome Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 22.8% and management and commerce at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is smaller than most similar schools with an average size of 144 students.
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).
144
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
986
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Welcome Creek
1 school — 144 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Gooburrum State School, Gooburrum | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 144 | 986 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Welcome Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33023/welcome-creek/topic/education