32.5% ▲ +12.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cobar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cobar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Just 32.5% of people in Cobar have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low level of school completion is mirrored in the qualifications of adults, where only 10.1% hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures. About 28.5% of residents finished Year 10, while 13% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the state and national figures. Instead, Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 38% of adults.
10.1% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Cobar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 22.4%, followed by Management and Commerce at 11.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cobar has three schools within 3 km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most and have some of the lowest advantage scores at this level.
3.92
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality 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).
185
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
874
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cobar
3 schools — 556 students, average ICSEA 874.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Cobar High School, Cobar | Government | Secondary | 3.7 km | 214 | 865 |
| St John's Parish School, Cobar | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 114 | 941 |
| Cobar Public School, Cobar | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 228 | 849 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10948/cobar/topic/education