25.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moonlight Flat · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moonlight Flat
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Moonlight Flat has remained low, with only 25.7% of residents completing Year 12. This is far below the national figure and marks the area as one of the lowest for school completion across similar regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 25.7% of people finished Year 12, which is 33 points lower than the Australian average. Instead, the most common highest school year reached here is Year 10, at 29.7%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Moonlight Flat splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (33%) and Year 12 (29%), with Year 11 at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon in the area, with only 10.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%, and most residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
10.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Moonlight Flat, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 11%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are often trained in practical fields, with Engineering (17.8%) and Architecture and Building (13.3%) being the most common areas of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government combined school, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas. However, its average school advantage score of 921 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).
921
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
921
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 Moonlight Flat
1 school — 921 students, average ICSEA 921.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Maryborough Education Centre, Maryborough | Government | Combined | 6.3 km | 921 | 921 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moonlight Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21743/moonlight-flat/topic/education