32.9% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Murtoa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Murtoa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Murtoa finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 32.9% completing Year 12. This significant gap is reflected in the area's higher-education figures, which sit well below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.9% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Around 20.7% of the population stopped at Year 10, while 17.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Murtoa, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 11 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.2% of the population, a figure far below the national 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.6% of residents.
12.2% ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
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 Murtoa, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Health (15.2%) and Education (14.1%) being the most common, followed by Engineering at 11.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Murtoa has 12.05 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. There are two schools within 3km of the center, split evenly between government and Catholic providers.
12.05
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
132
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
961
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Murtoa
2 schools — 264 students, average ICSEA 961.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Our Lady Help of Christians School, Murtoa | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 9 | 1,020 |
| Murtoa College, Murtoa | Government | Combined | 2.8 km | 255 | 959 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Murtoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21850/murtoa/topic/education