43.0% ▲ +29.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 43.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mothar Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mothar Mountain
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Middle-of-the-road school completion rates define Mothar Mountain, though it lags well behind the rest of the state. Only 43% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in most of Australia, with 43% completing Year 12. This is far below the national rate of 58.8%, while 32.8% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mothar Mountain, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in most areas, as only 10.3% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 47.5%.
10.3% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
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 Mothar Mountain, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by engineering and related subjects at 18.7%. Management and commerce follow at 14%, with society and culture at 12.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Three schools are located within 3km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most, with two-thirds being government primary schools.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
218
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
980
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mothar Mountain
3 schools — 654 students, average ICSEA 980.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Mawarra Independent School, Kybong | Independent | Combined | 5.1 km | 44 | 1,033 |
| Monkland State School, Monkland | Government | Primary | 9.1 km | 128 | 922 |
| Jones Hill State School, Jones Hill | Government | Primary | 9.9 km | 482 | 990 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mothar Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31931/mothar-mountain/topic/education