41.9% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Collie · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Collie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Collie (NSW) finished high school than the national figure, with only 41.9% completing Year 12. This gap in schooling is reflected in the qualifications of adults, where the share of people with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the state and national averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About 32.4% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Collie, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14% of the population, far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 31.2% of residents.
14.0% ▲ +47.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 Collie, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (34%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area have studied various fields, led by Engineering and related subjects at 15.6%, followed by Education at 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10975/collie/topic/education