36.9% ▲ +19.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coolamon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coolamon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Coolamon, held by 37.1% of adults. This reflects a community where trade and vocational skills are more common than university degrees, with far fewer people finishing Year 12 than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.9% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. This is lower than most similar areas, with 34.8% of residents listing Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →Coolamon splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (40%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 15%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15.5% of the population, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. This standing is around the middle for areas of this type.
15.5% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 Coolamon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Management and Commerce at 14.9% and Engineering at 14.3%. Health and Education follow at 11.6% and 10.7% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Coolamon has two schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. The schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors, with an average size of 230 students.
4.35
Higher than 55% 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).
230
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coolamon
2 schools — 459 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Coolamon Central School, Coolamon | Government | Combined | 2.0 km | 383 | 974 |
| St Michael's Primary School, Coolamon | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 76 | 1,024 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coolamon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11025/coolamon/topic/education