26.5% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Sturt Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Sturt Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 26.5% of people in Sturt Creek have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects an area where school completion and higher education levels are much lower than in most other parts of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The typical person who finished school left at Year 10, while only 26.5% completed Year 12. This is far below the Western Australian rate of 58%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Sturt Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (33%) and Year 12 (31%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, with just 7.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though about 20% of residents have a Certificate III or IV.
7.6% ▲ +67.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Sturt Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Graduate diploma / certificate (24%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, nearly a quarter are in education, and 10.3% studied agriculture and the environment.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three Catholic schools within 3km, which is more than most areas of this type. These schools are very small, averaging just 26 students, and have some of the lowest advantage scores in the region.
22.47
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
26
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
598
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Sturt Creek
3 schools — 78 students, average ICSEA 598.
By sector: Catholic 3
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 1
| Kururrungku Catholic Education Centre, Halls Creek | Catholic | Combined | 44.1 km | 29 | — |
| Birlirr Ngawiyiwu Catholic School, Halls Creek | Catholic | Primary | 86.7 km | 27 | 651 |
| John Pujajangka Piyirn School, Halls Creek | Catholic | Combined | 97.7 km | 22 | 532 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sturt Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51415/sturt-creek/topic/education