26.0% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Maria · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Maria
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 33 percentage points separates Mount Maria from the national average in Year 12 completion. Only 26% of people here finished high school, reflecting a community with much lower formal education levels than most of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, with the most common highest year of school being Year 10 for 40.8% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Maria, the largest group is Year 10 at 47%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon here, as only 6.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV is the most typical qualification at 43.5%.
6.9% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Maria, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 20.4%, followed by Education at 12%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is among the smallest in the country with an average size of just 13 students and a school advantage score much 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).
13
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
908
Lower than 87% 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 Maria
1 school — 13 students, average ICSEA 908.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lowmead State School, Lowmead | Government | Primary | 9.0 km | 13 | 908 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Maria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31990/mount-maria/topic/education