28.9% ▲ +46.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coomba Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coomba Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Coomba Park, held by 37.6% of the population. This is an area where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to state and national figures. Only 10.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the national figure, with only 28.9% of residents finishing Year 12. This is 30 percentage points lower than in New South Wales and Australia, while 38.2% of residents peaked at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coomba Park, the largest group is Year 10 at 42%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are far less common here than elsewhere, with 10.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is 17 percentage points lower than the New South Wales average.
10.7% ▲ +155.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Park, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 15.8%, followed by engineering and related fields at 14.1%.
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 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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11038/coomba-park/topic/education