41.4% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mortons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mortons Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Mortons Creek have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 41.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local profile where trade certificates are more common than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is far below the state and national rates, with only 41.4% of people finishing Year 12. About 37.7% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Mortons Creek splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are less common here than in the wider state, with only 16.1% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 39.8% of people.
16.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Mortons Creek, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification for residents are management and commerce at 16.1%, followed by engineering at 14.9% and society and culture at 13.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. This school is smaller than most and has a lower advantage score than most areas.
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).
184
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mortons Creek
1 school — 184 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Beechwood Public School, Wauchope | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 184 | 959 |
Sources
More for Mortons Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mortons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12742/mortons-creek/topic/education