37.9% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moama · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moama
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Moama finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 37.9% completing Year 12. This gap of 21 percentage points below the national figure highlights a local trend toward earlier exits from formal schooling.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 37.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Around 22.4% of the population stopped at Year 10, and 14.7% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moama, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.0% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.0% of residents.
14.0% ▲ +46.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Moama, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Moama are spread across several fields, led by Engineering and related studies at 14.6% and Management and commerce at 14.3%. Health and Education follow at 11.3% and 9.4% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Moama has larger schools than most similar areas, with an average size of 469 students. While there are 9 schools within 3km, there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most other areas.
1.62
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
9
Higher than 78% 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).
469
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
998
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moama
9 schools — 4,224 students, average ICSEA 998.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 2 · Secondary 2
| Moama Anglican Grammar School, Moama | Independent | Combined | 10.8 km | 721 | 1,072 |
| Moama Public School, Moama | Government | Primary | 12.6 km | 113 | 889 |
| St Joseph's College - Brigidine Campus, Echuca | Catholic | Secondary | 12.6 km | 1,134 | 1,022 |
| Echuca Primary School, Echuca | Government | Primary | 13.8 km | 525 | 997 |
| Echuca College, Echuca | Government | Secondary | 14.2 km | 584 | 928 |
| St Mary's School, Echuca | Catholic | Primary | 14.4 km | 568 | 1,041 |
| Echuca East Primary School, Echuca | Government | Primary | 14.6 km | 294 | 924 |
| Echuca Twin Rivers Specialist School, Echuca | Government | Combined | 14.8 km | 106 | 885 |
| Echuca Twin Rivers Primary School, Echuca | Government | Primary | 14.9 km | 179 | 902 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12665/moama/topic/education