25.8% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mutarnee · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mutarnee
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Mutarnee, held by nearly half of adults. This community has very low levels of formal schooling and higher education compared to the rest of the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 25.8% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 36.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mutarnee, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, 48.8% of adults have a Certificate III or IV as their highest qualification.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 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 Mutarnee, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 84%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in Mutarnee are most often in engineering and related fields (16.3%) and management and commerce (14.0%), followed by agriculture and environment at 9.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has two schools within 3 km, but they are much smaller than most others with an average size of 29 students. These schools are split evenly between government and independent sectors.
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).
29
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
766
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mutarnee
2 schools — 57 students, average ICSEA 766.
By sector: Independent 1 · Government 1
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Mungalla Silver Lining School, Mutarnee | Independent | Secondary | 2.5 km | 51 | 736 |
| Mutarnee State School, Mutarnee | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 6 | 1,017 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mutarnee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32091/mutarnee/topic/education