49.9% ▲ +28.0%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 49.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Moranbah · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Moranbah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Practical trade skills and technical training shape the workforce in Moranbah. While high school completion rates have risen by 11 percentage points since 2011, the community relies heavily on vocational certificates over university degrees. This shift towards technical expertise is reflected in the high number of residents with trade qualifications.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Nearly half of residents have finished Year 12, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this figure is still well below the Queensland and Australian averages.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Moranbah, Year 12 is the majority at 63%; Year 10 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Trade certificates are the most common qualification here at 38%, while bachelor degrees are far less common than the national figure. Only 12.4% of adults hold a university degree, a rate that has barely changed since 2011.
12.4% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
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 Moranbah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common areas of study at 24.9%. Management and commerce follow at 12.7%, while education accounts for 6.6% of qualifications.
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 Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314017/moranbah/topic/education