26.8% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coolongolook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coolongolook
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 Coolongolook, held by 44.1% of adults. The area has very low levels of formal schooling and university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. Year 10 is the most common highest year of school completed, at 36.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coolongolook, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
7.0% ▲ +44.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Coolongolook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 13%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 19.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 12.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is very small with only 31 students. The single local school is a government primary school.
21.28
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
31
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
950
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coolongolook
1 school — 31 students, average ICSEA 950.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coolongolook Public School, Coolongolook | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 31 | 950 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coolongolook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11032/coolongolook/topic/education