38.4% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coleambally · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coleambally
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates Coleambally from the national average for Year 12 completion. Only 38.4% of residents finished high school, which is far below both the state and Australian figures. This trend is reflected in the qualification levels, where the area sits well behind the state average for university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 38.4%, a rate much lower than most similar areas. Roughly 31.9% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coleambally, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 13.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales average of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.9% of residents.
13.7% ▲ +59.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 Coleambally, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualification fields are varied, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 17.0%. Management and commerce (12.5%) and Education (12.3%) also feature prominently.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Coleambally has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with an average school size of 93 being much lower than usual. The two local schools are split evenly between the government and Catholic sectors.
9.26
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).
93
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
947
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coleambally
2 schools — 186 students, average ICSEA 947.
By sector: Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| St Peter's Primary School, Coleambally | Catholic | Primary | 2.9 km | 43 | 1,000 |
| Coleambally Central School, Coleambally | Government | Combined | 3.4 km | 143 | 931 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coleambally [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10964/coleambally/topic/education