27.3% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Murray Upper · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Murray Upper
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 27.3% of people in Murray Upper have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This creates a distinct educational profile for the area, where few adults hold university degrees and school-level attainment is among the lowest for similar regions.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia, with only 27.3% reaching this milestone. Instead, the most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 31.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Murray Upper, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by just 4.6% of adults, which is far below the national figure. Trade qualifications are more common here, with 32.3% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
4.6% ▲ —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Murray Upper, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 13.8%, followed by architecture, building, agriculture, and the environment, which each account for 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is very small with only 30 students. All local schools are government-run primary schools.
22.22
Higher than 89% 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).
30
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
799
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Murray Upper
1 school — 30 students, average ICSEA 799.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Murray River Upper State School, Murray Upper | Government | Primary | 6.1 km | 30 | 799 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Murray Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32085/murray-upper/topic/education