12.5% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mona Mona · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mona Mona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 46 percentage points separates Mona Mona from the national average in Year 12 completion. This is an area where very few residents have finished high school or gone on to university. Only 12.5% of people have completed Year 12, and no adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 12.5% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, and the most common highest year of school reached here is Year 11 at 29.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mona Mona, the largest group is Year 11 at 41%, followed by Year 9 or below (24%) and Year 12 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in Mona Mona hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3% and the state average of 21.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mona Mona splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (50%) and Certificate I / II (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 26%, ahead of Architecture & building (16%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These combined schools are smaller than most, with an average size of 221 students and a much lower advantage score than most areas.
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).
221
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
932
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mona Mona
2 schools — 442 students, average ICSEA 932.
By sector: Independent 1 · Government 1
By type: Combined 2
| Cairns Hinterland Steiner School, Kuranda | Independent | Combined | 9.2 km | 157 | 1,059 |
| Kuranda District State College, Kuranda | Government | Combined | 10.0 km | 285 | 862 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mona Mona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31875/mona-mona/topic/education