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Education & Qualifications in Sulphur Creek

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Higher qualification rates than most similar areas mark Sulphur Creek, though overall schooling levels remain quite low. While 18.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, only 36.3% of the population has completed Year 12.

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📍 Sulphur Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Sulphur Creek sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

18.5% ▲ +84.0%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sulphur Creek — higher than 63% of areas.

Sulphur Creek18.5%
7316, TAS 16.0%
Tasmania 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Completing Year 12 is far below the state and national figures, with only 36.3% finishing. The most common highest year of school reached here is Year 10, at 40%.

Completed Year 12

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36.3% ▲ +48.7%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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Sulphur Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (42%) and Year 12 (38%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.

Year 10 40.0% Year 12 36.3% Year 9 or below 10.7% Year 11 9.3%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Many residents hold trade certificates, with 40.7% having a Certificate III or IV. While 18.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, this is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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18.5% ▲ +84.0%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Sulphur Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).

Certificate III / IV 40.7% Bachelor degree 23.3% Advanced diploma / diploma 11.9% Postgraduate degree 3.9% Certificate I / II 3.6% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.8%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects being the most common at 16.9%, followed by Health at 15.8% and Management and commerce at 15%.

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There is one government school within 3km, which is much larger than those in most similar areas with an average size of 676 students.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Average school ICSEA

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960

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 in and around Sulphur Creek — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Schools serving Sulphur Creek

1 school — 676 students, average ICSEA 960.

By sector: Government 1

By type: Combined 1
Penguin District School, Penguin Government Combined 5.2 km 676 960

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Sulphur Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60652/sulphur-creek/topic/education