60.4% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coomera · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Education & Qualifications in Coomera
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 8.6 percentage points separates Coomera's rate of university degrees from the national figure. While more people here finish high school than the state or national average, the area has a lower proportion of adults with higher qualifications than most other similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion has risen to 60.4% since 2011, which is well above the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Most residents finished Year 12, while 17.9% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coomera, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.9% of adults.
17.7% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Coomera, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 20.9%, followed by society and culture at 12.5% and engineering at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Coomera has some of the largest school enrolments at this level, with 4,773 students across six schools. These schools are much larger than most other areas, though there are fewer schools per 1,000 children.
6
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Number of schools in the area.
1.16
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
4,773
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Total students enrolled across the area's schools.
796
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,010
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coomera
16 schools — 16,748 students, average ICSEA 1,019.
By sector: Government 12 · Catholic 2 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 7 · Combined 6 · Secondary 3
| Coomera State Special School, Coomera | Government | Combined | 0.2 km | 278 | 1,005 |
| Picnic Creek State School, Coomera | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 886 | 996 |
| Foxwell State Secondary College, Coomera | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,123 | 997 |
| Coomera Rivers State School, Coomera | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 819 | 1,001 |
| St Joseph's College, Coomera | Catholic | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,299 | 1,039 |
| Pimpama State Primary College, Pimpama | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 747 | 972 |
| Pimpama State Secondary College, Pimpama | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,222 | 966 |
| Coomera State School, Coomera | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 368 | 1,004 |
| Coomera Anglican College, Upper Coomera | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 1,595 | 1,084 |
| Coomera Springs State School, Upper Coomera | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 654 | 999 |
| Assisi Catholic College, Upper Coomera | Catholic | Combined | 4.3 km | 1,516 | 1,055 |
| Saint Stephen's College, Coomera | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 1,315 | 1,109 |
| Gainsborough State School, Pimpama | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 849 | 1,003 |
| Upper Coomera State College, Upper Coomera | Government | Combined | 5.3 km | 1,682 | 964 |
| Helensvale State High School, Helensvale | Government | Secondary | 5.8 km | 1,875 | 1,017 |
| Oxenford State School, Oxenford | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 520 | 993 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coomera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309071251/coomera/topic/education