48.5% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moruya Heads · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moruya Heads
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 48.5% of people in Moruya Heads have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. Despite this, the area has a high number of adults with university degrees compared to similar places. This mix of educational backgrounds shapes the local workforce and school environment.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 48.5%, which is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. About 23.1% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moruya Heads, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 23.9% of adults, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. However, this remains a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
23.9% ▲ +51.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Moruya Heads, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 14.3%, followed by education at 12% and engineering at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one secondary government school within 3km, though the average school advantage score of 922 is much lower 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).
356
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
922
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moruya Heads
1 school — 356 students, average ICSEA 922.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Secondary 1
| Moruya High School, Moruya | Government | Secondary | 5.2 km | 356 | 922 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moruya Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12746/moruya-heads/topic/education