43.9% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mornington · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mornington
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Mornington have finished high school compared to the state or national average. Only 43.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia. This trend carries into higher education, where the area has a much lower rate of university degrees than the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 43.9%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 10 at 18.3% and Year 9 or below at 8.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mornington, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of the population, well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 27.3% of residents.
16.7% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Mornington, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Engineering and related fields at 17.6%, followed by Health at 11% and Management and Commerce at 9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Mornington has 13 schools within 3 km, more than 85% of similar areas. Most are government schools (69.2%) and primary schools (61.5%), though the average school advantage score is among the lowest for its level.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
279
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
890
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mornington
13 schools — 3,623 students, average ICSEA 890.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Healy State School, Healy | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 217 | 887 |
| Spinifex State College - Mount Isa Education and Training Precinct, Parkside | Government | Secondary | 0.9 km | 926 | 866 |
| Townview State School, Townview | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 209 | 776 |
| St Joseph's Catholic School, Mount Isa | Catholic | Primary | 1.2 km | 313 | 1,010 |
| Happy Valley State School, Happy Valley | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 387 | 927 |
| Mount Isa Central State School, Mount Isa | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 211 | 791 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic College, Mount Isa | Catholic | Secondary | 1.4 km | 434 | 978 |
| Mount Isa School of the Air, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 175 | 1,009 |
| Mount Isa Special School, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 2.1 km | 35 | 877 |
| St Kieran's Catholic School, Mount Isa | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 140 | 858 |
| Mount Isa Flexible School, Sunset | Catholic | Secondary | 2.9 km | 53 | 736 |
| Barkly Highway State School, Soldiers Hill | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 266 | 935 |
| Sunset State School, Sunset | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 257 | 727 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mornington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31923/mornington/topic/education