30.9% ▲ +17.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coomealla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coomealla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower levels of formal schooling than most similar areas define Coomealla, where only 30.9% of residents finished Year 12. This gap is seen across the board, with the local area sitting far below the state and national figures for both school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30.9% of people completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 17.4% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coomealla, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 6.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, though Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 36.2%.
6.7% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Coomealla, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related subjects at 15.7%, followed by Management and Commerce at 9.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has 6.85 schools per 1,000 children, which is higher than most areas, though the typical school size is smaller. All local schools are government-run, with an average advantage score among the lowest at this level.
6.85
Higher than 66% 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).
122
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
791
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coomealla
2 schools — 244 students, average ICSEA 791.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Coomealla High School, Dareton | Government | Secondary | 3.2 km | 190 | 826 |
| Dareton Public School, Dareton | Government | Primary | 5.0 km | 54 | 668 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coomealla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11041/coomealla/topic/education