47.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 47.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Molar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Molar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents hold high-level degrees in Mount Molar compared to most similar areas. Only 10.1% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure. This trend is reflected in school completion rates, with Year 12 finishes well below the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 47.3%, have completed Year 12. This is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%, and 29% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Molar, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 51.9%. The proportion of people with a bachelor degree or higher is far below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
10.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Molar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 21.2%, followed by Architecture and building at 13.5% and Health at 11.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km. It is much smaller than most schools in similar areas, with an average size of 28 students.
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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher than 51% 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 Molar
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Back Plains State School, Back Plains | Government | Primary | 6.4 km | 28 | 992 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Molar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31999/mount-molar/topic/education