50.5% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mowbray · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mowbray
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 12 percentage points separates Mowbray from the national average for bachelor's degrees, reflecting a local workforce with fewer university qualifications. While half of the residents have completed Year 12, this is well below the state and national figures. The area relies heavily on trade-based certifications rather than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 50.5% of people finished Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mowbray, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with 14.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33% of residents.
14.4% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
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 Mowbray, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are strongest in Engineering and related fields at 20.2%, followed by Health at 12.3% and Architecture and building at 9.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The local primary school is a government facility with an average size of 230 students and an advantage score that is higher 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).
230
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,012
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mowbray
1 school — 230 students, average ICSEA 1,012.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Port Douglas State School, Port Douglas | Government | Primary | 8.6 km | 230 | 1,012 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32045/mowbray/topic/education