38.2% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.1%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coomba Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coomba Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Coomba Bay finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 38.2% completing Year 12. This gap is a defining feature of the local education profile, even though the area has a higher proportion of university degrees than many similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.2% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%. About 24.3% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coomba Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are more common here than in most similar areas, with 21% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. However, this is still well below the national figure of 26.3%.
21.0% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 Coomba Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (30%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 18.3%, followed by management and commerce at 13.3%. Health and architecture also feature prominently in the local skill set.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coomba Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11037/coomba-bay/topic/education