34.9% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 90% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moe - Newborough · Urban Area
Education & Qualifications in Moe - Newborough
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 27 percentage points separates the school completion rate in Moe - Newborough from the Victorian average. Only 34.9% of people here have finished Year 12, which is far below the state and national figures. This reflects a broader trend of lower formal qualifications across the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.9% of residents finished Year 12, a figure far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. This rate has risen slightly by 2.8 points since 2011, though 16.6% of people still left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moe - Newborough, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with just 9.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%, while the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 45.3%.
9.2% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 95% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 Moe - Newborough, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related services at 20.5%, followed by society and culture at 13.2% and management and commerce at 11.2%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Moe - Newborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2013/moe-newborough/topic/education