26.3% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moonta · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moonta
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 26.3% of Moonta residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where formal schooling often ends early and university degrees are much less common than in other areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over a quarter of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. Another 25% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Moonta splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (30%) and Year 10 (28%), with Year 11 at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare here, with only 7.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 22.7% seen across South Australia, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common at 38.5%.
7.9% ▲ +51.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 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 Moonta, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Moonta most often studied society and culture, followed by engineering and health.
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 local school has a much lower advantage score than most areas. The only school here is a government combined school.
20.83
Higher than 88% 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).
253
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
924
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moonta
1 school — 253 students, average ICSEA 924.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Moonta Area School, Moonta | Government | Combined | 0.5 km | 253 | 924 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moonta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40914/moonta/topic/education