34.8% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Morts Estate · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Morts Estate
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower educational attainment than most similar areas defines Morts Estate, where only 7.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This gap extends to basic schooling, with far fewer residents finishing Year 12 compared to the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.8% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school reached is Year 10, at 36.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Morts Estate splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by just 7.5% of adults, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Instead, nearly half of qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
7.5% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Morts Estate, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related studies at 20.0%, followed by society and culture at 12.3% and management and commerce at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3 km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. Most are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
329
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Morts Estate
5 schools — 1,643 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Zig Zag Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 120 | 934 |
| Lithgow Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 324 | 919 |
| Lithgow High School, Lithgow | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 654 | 918 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Lithgow, Lithgow | Catholic | Primary | 2.3 km | 287 | 993 |
| Cooerwull Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 258 | 906 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Morts Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12743/morts-estate/topic/education