66.6% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 66.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mons · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mons
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A third of adults in Mons hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking it as a highly qualified area. Residents here are much more likely to have finished high school and earned university degrees compared to the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are well above the national figure, with 66.6% of people completing Year 12. This is much higher than most similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mons, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
High achievement continues into adulthood, where 33.3% of people hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the Queensland average of 21.9%.
33.3% ▲ +33.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 Mons, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are health at 20.4%, followed by management and commerce at 14.5% and engineering at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are among the largest and most advantaged at this level. There are seven schools within 3km, with independent schools making up 42.9% of the sector.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
903
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,111
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mons
7 schools — 6,318 students, average ICSEA 1,111.
By sector: Independent 3 · Government 2 · Catholic 2
By type: Combined 3 · Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Sunshine Coast Grammar School, Forest Glen | Independent | Combined | 1.9 km | 1,472 | 1,133 |
| Chevallum State School, Chevallum | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 456 | 1,054 |
| Montessori International College, Forest Glen | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 276 | 1,104 |
| Buderim Mountain State School, Buderim | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 1,183 | 1,096 |
| Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Buderim | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 1,426 | 1,155 |
| Siena Catholic College, Sippy Downs | Catholic | Secondary | 4.4 km | 889 | 1,073 |
| Siena Catholic Primary School, Sippy Downs | Catholic | Primary | 4.5 km | 616 | 1,081 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31883/mons/topic/education