22.6% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cobar Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cobar Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of residents in Cobar Park left school in Year 10, making it a place where few people finish their secondary education. Only 22.6% of the population completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common final school year for residents at 32.3%, while 29.0% left in Year 9 or below. The proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below the New South Wales average by 36 points.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cobar Park splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (35%), with Year 12 at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 16.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% typical for Australia.
16.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Park, Bachelor degree is the majority at 56%; Certificate III / IV is next at 44%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 40%, ahead of Management & commerce (30%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are five schools within 3 km, which is more than about 75% of similar areas. These schools are mostly government-run primary schools, though they have a much lower advantage score than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
329
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
931
Lower than 82% 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 Park
5 schools — 1,643 students, average ICSEA 931.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 1
| Lithgow Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 324 | 919 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Lithgow, Lithgow | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 287 | 993 |
| Lithgow High School, Lithgow | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 654 | 918 |
| Zig Zag Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 120 | 934 |
| Cooerwull Public School, Lithgow | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 258 | 906 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cobar Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10949/cobar-park/topic/education