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).
Mount Buffalo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Buffalo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A single primary school serves as the sole education hub for Mount Buffalo. While the area is sparsely populated, the local school is far more advantaged than most similar areas across the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 12 at 100%, ahead of Year 11 (0%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Buffalo, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Postgraduate degree at 0%, ahead of Graduate diploma / certificate (0%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The only school here is a government primary school with an average size of 103 students, which is lower than most areas. It is also much more advantaged than typical schools in the state and nation.
103
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,056
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Buffalo
1 school — 103 students, average ICSEA 1,056.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Porepunkah Primary School, Porepunkah | Government | Primary | 12.3 km | 103 | 1,056 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Buffalo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21777/mount-buffalo/topic/education