35.1% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moondooner · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moondooner
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 24 percentage points separates Moondooner from the national average in Year 12 completion. This area has much lower school and university achievement than most other parts of the country, with only 8.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of schooling reached here is Year 10, at 43.2%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moondooner, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare in Moondooner, where the 8.6% of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national average of 26.3%.
8.6% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Moondooner splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 32%, ahead of Health (32%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km, though its average size of 105 students is lower than most areas. This Catholic school is among the lowest for school advantage scores at this level.
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).
105
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
800
Lower 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 Moondooner
1 school — 105 students, average ICSEA 800.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1
| St Joseph's School, Murgon | Catholic | Primary | 7.2 km | 105 | 800 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moondooner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31899/moondooner/topic/education