45.9% ▲ +46.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Morton · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Morton
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 40% of qualified adults in Morton hold a Certificate III or IV, the most common qualification in the area. While university degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 45.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About 29.4% of people finished Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Morton, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 17.8% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
17.8% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 Morton, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are architecture and building at 16.3%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar areas in this regard.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Morton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12741/morton/topic/education