47.5% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 47.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cooperabung · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cooperabung
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Cooperabung have finished high school than the state average. Only 47.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is 11 percentage points lower than across New South Wales and Australia. This trend is mirrored in higher education, where the rate of university degrees is also well below national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Roughly 47.5% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. About 30.1% of the population stopped at Year 10, and another 8.5% finished Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cooperabung, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.3% of the population, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.4% of residents.
17.3% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 Cooperabung, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are Engineering at 16.0% and Society and Culture at 15.3%. Management and commerce follow at 12.9%, while Health and Education each account for 11.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3 km, which is a government facility. This school is smaller than most in similar areas, with an average size of 126 students and a lower school advantage score than most.
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).
126
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cooperabung
1 school — 126 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Telegraph Point Public School, Telegraph Point | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 126 | 968 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cooperabung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11046/cooperabung/topic/education