38.3% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 38.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Edwards · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Edwards
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Almost half of residents in Mount Edwards reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling. This is a community where few adults hold university degrees and a small proportion finished Year 12, leaving the area far below state and national figures for formal education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. This is lower than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Edwards, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (34%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 6.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 35.7%.
6.3% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Mount Edwards, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 24%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Architecture and Building both accounting for 17.9% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools with an average of 51 students. The average school advantage score is 969, which is lower than most areas.
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).
51
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
969
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Edwards
1 school — 51 students, average ICSEA 969.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Aratula State School, Aratula | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 51 | 969 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Edwards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31957/mount-edwards/topic/education