42.5% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Mort · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Mort
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Mount Mort finished high school than the national average, with only 42.5% completing Year 12. This reflects a broader trend in the area where higher qualifications are less common than in the rest of Queensland and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. About 27.4% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest grade.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Mort, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.3% of the population, which is well below the Queensland average of 21.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.5% of residents.
15.3% ▲ +57.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
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 Mort, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 35%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 27.5%, followed by engineering at 17.5% and agriculture and environment at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, though it is among the smallest schools at this level with an average size of 17 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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
Lower than 65% 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 Mort
1 school — 17 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Thornton State School, Thornton | Government | Primary | 6.6 km | 17 | 966 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Mort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32003/mount-mort/topic/education