42.1% ▲ +31.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cobargo · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cobargo
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Cobargo sit around the middle for similar areas, though they remain well below the state and national figures. Only 42.1% of residents have completed Year 12, which is 17 points lower than the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 42.1%, far below the 58.8% national figure. About 29.8% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cobargo, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15.4%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 36% of people.
15.4% ▲ +74.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Cobargo, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with Health being the most common at 12.4%, followed by Management and Commerce at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a higher number of schools per child than most areas, but they are much smaller than average with just 65 students. There are two government primary schools within 3 km.
9.09
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
65
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
960
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cobargo
2 schools — 130 students, average ICSEA 960.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Cobargo Public School, Cobargo | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 77 | 941 |
| Quaama Public School, Quaama | Government | Primary | 8.0 km | 53 | 987 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cobargo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10950/cobargo/topic/education