57.7% ▲ +63.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mundoolun · Urban Centre
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower share of adults in Mundoolun hold a bachelor degree compared to the national figure. While the area has seen a big jump in school completion, it still lags well behind Queensland and Australia in higher university qualifications.
Highest year of school completed.
More people have finished high school here than in most similar areas, with 57.7% completing Year 12. This is a significant increase from 2011, when the figure was only 35.4%.
57.7% ▲ +63.0%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Mundoolun, Year 12 is the majority at 60%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 16% in 2021, though this remains well below the Queensland average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 41.7% of residents.
16.0% ▲ +94.6%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Mundoolun, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (22%) and Bachelor degree (19%).
What people studied.
Qualifications in Mundoolun are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related subjects (18.6%) and Management and commerce (18.4%) being the most common.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mundoolun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321075/mundoolun/topic/education