49.2% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Murphys Creek · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Murphys Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher qualifications are more common in Murphys Creek (L) than in most similar areas. While the typical resident is less likely to have finished Year 12 compared to the state average, over 20% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this figure is well below the Queensland average of 57.1% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Murphys Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 54%; Year 10 is next at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 20.2% by 2021, a figure much higher than most similar areas. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.7% of residents.
20.2% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 Murphys Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (19%) and Postgraduate degree (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with the most common being society and culture at 12.7%, followed by engineering and related fields at 11.9%.
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 Murphys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322090/murphys-creek/topic/education