48.1% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.4%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moorabool · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moorabool
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A school advantage score of 1,045 is much higher than most areas in Moorabool. While the local schools are well-resourced, the area has far fewer residents with university degrees or Year 12 certificates than the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 48.1% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen in Victoria and the 58.8% national average. About 12.7% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moorabool, Year 12 is the majority at 58%; Year 10 is next at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.6% of the population, a figure far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.5% of residents.
15.6% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
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 Moorabool, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 16.7%, followed by engineering and health, which both sit at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Moorabool has three schools within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. Two thirds of these schools are independent and combined primary and secondary institutions, with an average size of 439 students.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
439
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,045
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moorabool
3 schools — 1,316 students, average ICSEA 1,045.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 1
By type: Combined 2 · Primary 1
| Geelong Baptist College, Lovely Banks | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 255 | 1,031 |
| Covenant College, Bell Post Hill | Independent | Combined | 6.2 km | 735 | 1,070 |
| Rollins Primary School, Bell Post Hill | Government | Primary | 7.0 km | 326 | 1,001 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moorabool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21748/moorabool/topic/education