35.5% ▲ +48.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moto · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.5% of residents in Moto completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a place where traditional school completion and higher university degrees are much less common than in most other Australian areas.
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest level of schooling at 45.5%. Overall, the rate of Year 12 completion is 23 points lower than in both New South Wales and Australia.
35.5% ▲ +48.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Moto, the largest group is Year 10 at 44%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.6% of the population, which is far below the national figure. Nearly half of all qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
8.6% ▲ +90.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Moto, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 24.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 19.4%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The two primary schools within 3 km are both government-run. These schools are much smaller than most others, with an average size of 49 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).
49
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
918
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).
2 schools — 98 students, average ICSEA 918.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Coopernook Public School, Coopernook | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 60 | 925 |
| Lansdowne Public School, Lansdowne | Government | Primary | 5.9 km | 38 | 907 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12753/moto/topic/education