36.6% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Monteagle · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Monteagle
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 36.6% of residents in Monteagle have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While school completion is low, about one in five adults holds a university degree or higher. This creates a distinct divide between those with basic schooling and those with advanced qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The typical highest year of school completed is Year 10 for 37.3% of people. This helps explain why the proportion of residents finishing Year 12 is much lower than in most other areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Monteagle splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Around 20.9% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is still well below the New South Wales and national figures.
20.9% ▲ +101.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Monteagle splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (38%) and Bachelor degree (35%), with Postgraduate degree at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 18.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 17.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, though the only school is a government primary school with a much smaller average size than most other areas.
20.41
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
24
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Monteagle
1 school — 24 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Monteagle Public School, Monteagle | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 24 | 969 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Monteagle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12694/monteagle/topic/education