26.4% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moffatdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moffatdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Moffatdale, held by 33% of adults. The area has very low levels of formal schooling and higher education compared to the rest of the country. This trend is seen in the small number of residents who have completed Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.4% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 31.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moffatdale, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (16%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 8.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. This is much lower than most other similar areas.
8.5% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Moffatdale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related subjects at 15.7%, followed by education at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Moffatdale has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with two primary government schools within 3 km. However, these schools are smaller and have lower advantage scores than most.
21.28
Higher than 89% 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).
123
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
713
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moffatdale
2 schools — 246 students, average ICSEA 713.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Moffatdale State School, Moffatdale | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 72 | 923 |
| Cherbourg State School, Cherbourg | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 174 | 626 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moffatdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31870/moffatdale/topic/education