35.5% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Morgan Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Morgan Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 35.5% of residents in Morgan Park have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This gap in formal schooling is mirrored in higher education, where university degrees are much less common than in most other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. About 34.2% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10, and 13.2% at Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →Morgan Park splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (43%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 11 at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 7.5% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.9% of people.
7.5% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 Morgan Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Health at 14.3% and Management and Commerce at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Five schools are located within 3km, which is more than 75% of similar areas. Most of these are primary schools, with 60% run by the government and 40% by the Catholic sector.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
337
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Morgan Park
5 schools — 1,687 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Assumption College, Warwick | Catholic | Secondary | 3.9 km | 444 | 994 |
| St Mary's School, Warwick | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 321 | 1,002 |
| Warwick Central State School, Warwick | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 155 | 863 |
| Warwick East State School, Warwick | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 237 | 923 |
| Warwick West State School, Warwick | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 530 | 949 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Morgan Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31918/morgan-park/topic/education