39.0% ▲ +26.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mooball · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mooball
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 39% of Mooball residents have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in secondary schooling is seen alongside a high number of adults holding trade certificates. While university degrees are less common, the area has a strong presence of vocational qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Mooball finished high school compared to the rest of Australia, with only 39% completing Year 12. About 26% of residents stopped after Year 10, and 11% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mooball, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.5% of the population, which is higher than in similar areas but well below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.5% of adults.
17.5% ▲ +65.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 Mooball, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering at 14.4%, followed by health and society and culture, which both stand at 8.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mooball has two primary schools within 3km, both of which are government run. These schools are much smaller than those in most other areas, with a typical size of 65 students.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
65
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
990
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mooball
2 schools — 130 students, average ICSEA 990.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Crabbes Creek Public School, Crabbes Creek | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 37 | 985 |
| Burringbar Public School, Burringbar | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 93 | 992 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mooball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12698/mooball/topic/education