78.4% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 71.7%
- 2016: 73.6%
- 2021: 78.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mosman Park · Council (LGA)
Education & Qualifications in Mosman Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have climbed steeply in Mosman Park since 2011, with university degrees now held by nearly half the adults. It is an area of exceptional academic achievement, where the typical resident is far more likely to have finished Year 12 or earned a degree than those in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 78.4% of people finishing Year 12. This is 20 points above the Western Australian and national figures, and it has risen 6.7 points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mosman Park, Year 12 is the majority at 84%; Year 10 is next at 9%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly half of adults (47.6%) hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This level of qualification rose by 10 points since 2011, with bachelor degrees being the most common at 41%.
47.6% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 47.6%
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 Mosman Park, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 47%, followed by Postgraduate degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 20.2%, followed by health at 14.7% and society and culture at 14.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an advantage score among the highest for similar areas and are much larger than most, with an average size of 584 students. The five schools are evenly split between government and independent providers, with Catholic schools making up 20%.
5
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
3.23
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2,918
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
584
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,153
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mosman Park
5 schools — 2,918 students, average ICSEA 1,153.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Secondary 2 · Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Iona Presentation College, Mosman Park | Catholic | Secondary | — | 1,265 | 1,141 |
| St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls, Mosman Park | Independent | Secondary | — | 1,075 | 1,171 |
| Mosman Park Primary School, Mosman Park | Government | Primary | — | 403 | 1,142 |
| The Beehive Montessori School, Mosman Park | Independent | Combined | — | 152 | 1,181 |
| Mosman Park School For Deaf Children, Mosman Park | Government | Primary | — | 23 | 972 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mosman Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55740/mosman-park/topic/education