34.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coolatai · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coolatai
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 25 percentage points separates Coolatai from the rest of the state in school completions. Only 34.1% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This trend extends to higher education, where the proportion of adults with a university degree is also much lower than across Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. The most common highest level of schooling reached in the area is Year 10, at 35.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Coolatai splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 13.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 18.4% of residents.
13.4% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Coolatai splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (36%) and Bachelor degree (32%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Health both at 14.3%. Architecture and building follow at 10.2%, while Agriculture and Management both sit at 8.2%.
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 count than about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coolatai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11028/coolatai/topic/education