32.1% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moonbi · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Moonbi
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 27 percentage points separates Moonbi from the national average for Year 12 completion. This small area has far fewer people with high-level school and university qualifications than the rest of New South Wales.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This result has barely changed since 2011, with Year 10 being the most common highest school year reached at 33.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Moonbi splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
High-level degrees are rare here, with only 7.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3% and has fallen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011. Most qualified residents hold a Certificate III or IV.
7.3% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Moonbi, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 16.3%, followed by management and commerce at 14.1%.
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 Moonbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122089/moonbi/topic/education