30.2% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Monto · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Monto
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Monto, where 37.8% of people hold one. This is a place where few residents finished secondary school or earned university degrees compared to the rest of the country. The typical educational profile is more focused on trade and vocational skills than academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 32.4% of people listing Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →Monto splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (36%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by just 10.0% of adults, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This low level of university qualification is consistent with the area's lower rate of secondary school completion.
10.0% ▲ +50.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Monto, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 14.2%, followed by Education at 11.2% and Health at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Monto has 20.98 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. These schools are generally smaller than average, with the typical size being 99 students.
20.98
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
99
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Monto
3 schools — 296 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| St Therese's Catholic Primary School, Monto | Catholic | Primary | 3.2 km | 36 | 1,000 |
| Monto State School, Monto | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 111 | 937 |
| Monto State High School, Monto | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 149 | 957 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Monto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31885/monto/topic/education