47.8% ▲ +59.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Murchison · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Murchison
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Mount Murchison has remained steady, though figures for school and degree completion stay well below state and national levels. Only 47.8% of residents have finished Year 12, reflecting a trend where many adults hold trade certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have finished high school here than in most of the country, with only 47.8% completing Year 12. This is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Murchison, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common in Mount Murchison, where 13.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Queensland figure of 21.9%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 40.6% of residents.
13.5% ▲ +139.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 Murchison, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 62%; Bachelor degree is next at 31%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering at 20.3% and management and commerce at 17.2%. Natural and physical sciences follow at 10.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school in the area, which is among the smallest in the region with a typical size of 17 students. This school has an advantage score of 921, which is much lower than most areas.
40.00
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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.
921
Lower than 86% 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 Murchison
1 school — 17 students, average ICSEA 921.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Murchison State School, Mount Murchison | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 17 | 921 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32006/mount-murchison/topic/education