36.6% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moura · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moura
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents have completed high school or university than in most similar areas, making Moura a place where formal qualifications are less common. Only 36.6% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend is reflected in the high proportion of adults holding trade-level certificates rather than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, with only 36.6% of residents finishing their final year. Many others stopped earlier, with 21.6% of people reaching Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moura, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, as only 9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Instead, the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.3% of adults.
9.0% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 Moura, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications in Moura at 19.8%. Other frequent fields include management and commerce at 8.9%, followed by health and education both at 5.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Moura has an average school advantage score of 903, which is much lower than most areas. The local schools are all government-run, with an average size of 208 students.
4.28
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
208
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
903
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 Moura
2 schools — 415 students, average ICSEA 903.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Moura State School, Moura | Government | Primary | 10.5 km | 258 | 909 |
| Moura State High School, Moura | Government | Secondary | 10.9 km | 157 | 893 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32042/moura/topic/education