54.1% ▲ +114.7%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mooloolah · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Mooloolah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than half of residents in Mooloolah have finished Year 12, with 54.1% reaching this milestone. Education levels have climbed sharply here, with a big jump in both high school completions and university degrees over the last decade.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 29 points since 2011 to reach 54.1%. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mooloolah, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose 12 points to 18.7% since 2011. This is much higher than in similar areas, though it is well below the Queensland average of 21.9%.
18.7% ▲ +187.4%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 Mooloolah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 14.8%, followed by Management and commerce at 14.2%.
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 Mooloolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315066/mooloolah/topic/education