68.6% ▲ +115.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Isa · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Isa
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 39% of adults in Mount Isa hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above the national average. This makes it a highly qualified area where schooling and higher education levels sit well above both the state and national benchmarks.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much higher than most similar areas, with 68.6% of residents completing Year 12. This is far above the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Isa, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The level of higher education is among the highest for its area type, with 38.5% of adults holding a university degree. This is far above the Australian average of 26.3%.
38.5% ▲ +363.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 38.5%
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 Mount Isa, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Certificate III / IV (29%) and Postgraduate degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are heavily focused on technical and professional fields, with engineering and related studies making up 40% of degrees, followed by management and commerce at 23.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 13 schools within 3 kilometres, which is more than 85% of similar areas. Most of these are government-run (69.2%) and the majority are primary schools.
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 Mount Isa
13 schools — 3,623 students, average ICSEA 890.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 4
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Barkly Highway State School, Soldiers Hill | Government | Primary | 24.0 km | 266 | 935 |
| Sunset State School, Sunset | Government | Primary | 24.6 km | 257 | 727 |
| Mount Isa Flexible School, Sunset | Catholic | Secondary | 25.0 km | 53 | 736 |
| St Kieran's Catholic School, Mount Isa | Catholic | Primary | 25.2 km | 140 | 858 |
| Good Shepherd Catholic College, Mount Isa | Catholic | Secondary | 25.7 km | 434 | 978 |
| Mount Isa Central State School, Mount Isa | Government | Primary | 25.8 km | 211 | 791 |
| Mount Isa School of the Air, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 25.9 km | 175 | 1,009 |
| Mount Isa Special School, Pioneer | Government | Combined | 26.3 km | 35 | 877 |
| Spinifex State College - Mount Isa Education and Training Precinct, Parkside | Government | Secondary | 26.9 km | 926 | 866 |
| Townview State School, Townview | Government | Primary | 27.2 km | 209 | 776 |
| Healy State School, Healy | Government | Primary | 27.9 km | 217 | 887 |
| St Joseph's Catholic School, Mount Isa | Catholic | Primary | 28.1 km | 313 | 1,010 |
| Happy Valley State School, Happy Valley | Government | Primary | 28.1 km | 387 | 927 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31974/mount-isa/topic/education