42.5% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moora · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Moora
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Moora have completed high school or university compared to the state and national figures. Only 42.5% of people have finished Year 12, and just 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This creates a local profile where trade certificates are much more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure of 58.8%, though it has risen 2.2 points since 2011 to reach 42.5%. For those who left earlier, 23.2% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moora, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 33.6% of the population. This helps explain why bachelor degrees are far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%, sitting at just 11.2%.
11.2% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Moora, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 16.2%, followed by education at 10.5% and management and commerce at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has four schools with a total of 487 enrolments, which is smaller than about 72% of similar areas. While school sizes and advantage scores are much lower than most areas, there are 9.11 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most places.
4
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
9.11
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
487
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
122
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
908
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moora
4 schools — 487 students, average ICSEA 908.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Central Midlands Senior High School, Moora | Government | Secondary | — | 196 | 904 |
| St Joseph's School, Moora | Catholic | Primary | — | 142 | 883 |
| Moora Primary School, Moora | Government | Primary | — | 124 | 927 |
| Miling Primary School, Miling | Government | Primary | — | 25 | 991 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55600/moora/topic/education