34.8% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moore Park Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moore Park Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 24 percentage points separates Moore Park Beach from the national average in Year 12 completion. This area has far fewer residents with high-level schooling and university degrees than both Queensland and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 33.9% of residents peaking at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Moore Park Beach splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 9.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Queensland average of 21.9%. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV, which accounts for 42.9% of the total.
9.5% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 Moore Park Beach, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications in the area are in engineering and related fields at 17.2%, followed by management and commerce at 13.2%. Health and society and culture both stand at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local school system is exclusively government-run primary schools. These schools have an average size of 126 students, which is lower than most areas, and an advantage score of 930 that is much lower than similar places.
2.16
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
126
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
930
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moore Park Beach
1 school — 126 students, average ICSEA 930.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Moore Park Beach State School, Moore Park Beach | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 126 | 930 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moore Park Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31905/moore-park-beach/topic/education