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Alligator Creek · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Alligator Creek

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

A significantly higher share of adults in Alligator Creek hold university degrees compared to the state average. This is a well-qualified area where 25.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, and school completion rates have risen steadily since 2011.

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

25.9% ▼ -4.6%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Alligator Creek — higher than 90% of areas.

Alligator Creek25.9%
4816, QLD 10.7%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion is among the highest for similar areas at 59.0%, which is a little above the Queensland figure. This rate has grown by 5.8 percentage points over the last decade.

Completed Year 12

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59.0% ▲ +10.9%

Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.

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

Highest year of school

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In Alligator Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 28%.

Year 12 59.0% Year 10 25.6% Year 11 6.8% Year 9 or below 1.1%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

About 25.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure well above the Queensland average. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV at 26.4% and bachelor degrees at 22.8%.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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25.9% ▼ -4.6%

Higher than 90% of urban centre 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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Alligator Creek splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (32%) and Bachelor degree (27%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 24%.

Certificate III / IV 26.4% Bachelor degree 22.8% Advanced diploma / diploma 19.8% Postgraduate degree 12.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.5%

Field of study

What people studied.

Qualifications are spread across several fields, with the largest shares in Engineering and related studies at 19.8%, followed by Society and Culture at 12.7% and Health at 12.2%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Alligator Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322001/alligator-creek/topic/education