44.9% ▲ +25.4%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Morayfield · State Electorate
Education & Qualifications in Morayfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Morayfield have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. While Year 12 completion rose 9.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 44.9%, this figure remains far below the national average. The area is heavily skewed toward trade and vocational certificates rather than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 44.9% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Many residents left school earlier, with 26.4% finishing at Year 10 and 12.1% at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Morayfield, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, as only 9.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 26.3% national figure, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are much more common at 41.7%.
9.9% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Morayfield, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 17.1%, followed by society and culture at 14.4% and engineering at 14.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Morayfield has large schools with an average of 657 students, though the school advantage score is much lower than most areas. Government schools make up 68.4% of the sector, and there are 12,492 total enrolments.
1.55
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Lower than 54% of state electorate 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).
12,492
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
657
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
962
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Morayfield
19 schools — 12,492 students, average ICSEA 962.
By sector: Government 13 · Independent 4 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 11 · Secondary 7 · Combined 1
| Minimbah State School, Morayfield | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 668 | 949 |
| Morayfield State School, Morayfield | Government | Primary | 2.1 km | 455 | 895 |
| Morayfield State High School, Morayfield | Government | Secondary | 2.5 km | 1,654 | 939 |
| Caboolture Special School, Caboolture South | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 197 | 962 |
| Bellmere State School, Bellmere | Government | Primary | 3.3 km | 695 | 946 |
| Morayfield East State School, Morayfield | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 982 | 931 |
| Caboolture State School, Caboolture | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 254 | 888 |
| Horizons College of Learning and Enrichment, Caboolture | Independent | Secondary | 4.4 km | 225 | 918 |
| Burpengary Meadows State School, Burpengary | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 702 | 994 |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Caboolture | Catholic | Primary | 4.8 km | 646 | 1,018 |
| Caboolture State High School, Caboolture | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 1,373 | 942 |
| Lee Street State Special School, Caboolture | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 131 | 941 |
| St Paul's Lutheran Primary School, Caboolture | Independent | Primary | 5.3 km | 339 | 1,042 |
| Alta-1 College, Caboolture | Independent | Secondary | 5.5 km | 132 | 956 |
| Tullawong State High School, Caboolture | Government | Secondary | 5.5 km | 897 | 936 |
| St Columban's College, Caboolture | Catholic | Secondary | 5.5 km | 1,171 | 1,026 |
| Caboolture East State School, Caboolture | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 539 | 930 |
| Tullawong State School, Caboolture | Government | Primary | 5.5 km | 474 | 897 |
| Carmichael College, Morayfield | Independent | Combined | 6.1 km | 958 | 1,052 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Morayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30057/morayfield/topic/education