37.3% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Murrigal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Murrigal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Murrigal have completed high school or university, with only 37.3% finishing Year 12. This lack of formal higher education is a defining feature of the area, as no adults here hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%. A third of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Murrigal, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (45%) and Year 11 (5%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Qualification levels are among the lowest in the region, with 0% of adults holding a bachelor's degree. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 60.5% of residents.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Murrigal, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 84%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 30.2%. Other areas of study, including Architecture, Health, Management, and Society and Culture, each account for 7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school with an average size of 30 students, which is much lower than most areas. This school has an advantage score of 799, among the lowest at this level.
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 Murrigal
1 school — 30 students, average ICSEA 799.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Murray River Upper State School, Murray Upper | Government | Primary | 7.1 km | 30 | 799 |
Sources
More for Murrigal
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Murrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32087/murrigal/topic/education