43.5% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Muttaburra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Muttaburra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Muttaburra have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 43.5% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This gap extends to higher education, where very few adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school than in most other areas, with the 43.5% completion rate sitting far below the Queensland average of 57.1%. About 24.2% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Muttaburra, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 30%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, as only 7.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 42.4% of people.
7.9% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Muttaburra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are often linked to the local landscape, with agriculture and environment being the most common field of study at 16.7%. Engineering and related subjects follow at 13.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is small with an average of 17 students. There are 31.25 schools per 1,000 children, among the highest for areas of this type.
31.25
Higher than 95% 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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
Schools serving Muttaburra
1 school — 17 students.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Muttaburra State School, Muttaburra | Government | Primary | 19.8 km | 17 | — |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Muttaburra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32094/muttaburra/topic/education