83.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 83.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moncrieff · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Moncrieff
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Management and commerce are the most common areas of study in Moncrieff, where residents are highly educated. Nearly half of the adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, making this a well-qualified community by both territory and national standards.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is very high here, with 83.3% of people finishing Year 12. This is well above the ACT figure of 77% and far above the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moncrieff, Year 12 is the majority at 87%; Year 10 is next at 7%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A striking 47.4% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the ACT average and far above the national figure of 26.3%.
47.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 47.4%
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 Moncrieff, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 39%, followed by Postgraduate degree (24%) and Certificate III / IV (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce (23.3%), followed by information technology (12.6%) and society and culture (12.3%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a much higher advantage score than most areas, though there are only 0.63 schools per 1,000 children. There are 12 schools within 3km, with government providers making up 58.3% of the sector.
0.63
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
870
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,085
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Moncrieff
12 schools — 10,441 students, average ICSEA 1,085.
By sector: Government 7 · Catholic 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 4 · Secondary 3
| Taqwa School, Moncrieff | Independent | Combined | 0.6 km | 407 | 1,099 |
| Margaret Hendry School, Taylor | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 626 | 1,054 |
| Ngunnawal Primary School, Ngunnawal | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 620 | 1,049 |
| Good Shepherd Primary School, Amaroo | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 762 | 1,095 |
| Amaroo School, Amaroo | Government | Combined | 1.3 km | 1,638 | 1,070 |
| Aunty Agnes Shea High School, Taylor | Government | Secondary | 1.4 km | 83 | 1,051 |
| St John Paul II College, Nicholls | Catholic | Secondary | 2.3 km | 880 | 1,089 |
| Neville Bonner Primary School, Bonner | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 606 | 1,058 |
| Holy Spirit Primary School, Nicholls | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 733 | 1,085 |
| Gold Creek School, Nicholls | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 1,261 | 1,052 |
| Gungahlin College, Gungahlin | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 1,070 | 1,061 |
| Burgmann Anglican School, Gungahlin | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,755 | 1,165 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moncrieff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80098/moncrieff/topic/education