56.8% ▲ +43.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Moriac · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Moriac
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A school advantage score of 1,051 is much higher than most areas in Mount Moriac. While the local schools perform well, university degrees are far less common here than in the rest of Victoria. This creates a mix of high school success and a strong preference for trade qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
More than half of residents, 56.8%, finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is still a little below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Moriac, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Victorian average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33% of the community.
16.8% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Mount Moriac, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Health being the most common at 14.8%, followed by Engineering and related fields at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two government primary schools, which are smaller than those in most other areas. Both are exclusively government-run.
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).
178
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,051
Higher than 78% 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 Moriac
2 schools — 356 students, average ICSEA 1,051.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Moriac Primary School, Moriac | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 232 | 1,041 |
| Ceres Primary School, Ceres | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 124 | 1,069 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Moriac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21805/mount-moriac/topic/education