32.7% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coolah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coolah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Coolah have finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 32.7% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure. The local profile is shaped by a strong focus on practical trade qualifications instead.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%. About 30.4% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Coolah splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 10.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29.5% of residents.
10.1% ▲ +24.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 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 Coolah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with the highest proportions in engineering (11.8%), health (10.6%), and management and commerce (10.6%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Coolah has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though they are much smaller than usual. The local system is split evenly between government and Catholic schools.
9.01
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).
90
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
913
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coolah
2 schools — 179 students, average ICSEA 913.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Coolah Central School, Coolah | Government | Combined | 7.7 km | 148 | 896 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Coolah, Coolah | Catholic | Primary | 9.0 km | 31 | 996 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11024/coolah/topic/education