32.5% ▲ +12.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Morwell · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Morwell
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Lower school and university completion rates mark the educational profile of Morwell. Only 32.5% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where the area has a much lower proportion of university degrees than most other regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Around 18.8% of the population left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Morwell, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 7.7% of the population, far below Victoria's 29.2%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.2% of residents.
7.7% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Morwell, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 15.3%, followed by society and culture at 13.2%. Management and commerce accounts for 10.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Morwell has six schools within 3km, and the average school size is higher than most areas. However, the average school advantage score is much lower than in most other regions.
2.00
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
6
Higher than 74% 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).
418
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
923
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Morwell
6 schools — 2,510 students, average ICSEA 923.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1
| St Vincent de Paul's School, Morwell | Catholic | Primary | 0.4 km | 215 | 1,001 |
| Morwell Park Primary School, Morwell | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 332 | 897 |
| Morwell Central Primary School, Morwell | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 419 | 888 |
| Kurnai College, Morwell | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 1,302 | 917 |
| Sacred Heart School, Morwell | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 102 | 970 |
| Hazelwood North Primary School, Hazelwood North | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 140 | 989 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21769/morwell/topic/education