47.9% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 47.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moogerah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moogerah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Moogerah have finished Year 12, though a fair number of residents hold high-level degrees. This mix of educational backgrounds shapes the local workforce in this rural area, where a typical resident is less likely to have completed secondary school than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 47.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. Many adults here stopped after Year 10 or earlier, with 14.7% leaving at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moogerah, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (30%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 19.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas despite being well below the national figure. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 32.5% of residents.
19.4% ▲ +46.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 Moogerah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications here at 24.6%, followed by management and commerce at 14.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 37 students.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moogerah
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Alford State School, Mount Alford | Government | Primary | 9.8 km | 37 | 982 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moogerah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31891/moogerah/topic/education