38.7% ▲ +26.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coopers Gully · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coopers Gully
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 40% of residents in Coopers Gully finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This gap in high school completion is a defining feature of the area's educational profile, coinciding with a much lower rate of university degrees compared to the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.7% of people completed Year 12, which is 20 percentage points lower than both the New South Wales and Australian figures. This is significantly lower than most other similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →Coopers Gully splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 11 at 11%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.7% of the population, far below the state average of 27.8%. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.7% of residents.
14.7% ▲ +48.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 Coopers Gully, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 47%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Certificate I / II (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 20.9%, followed by health and engineering, which both sit at 12.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km of the area, which is more than about 73% of similar places. Half of these schools are government-run, and the average school advantage score is lower than most areas.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
337
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
972
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coopers Gully
4 schools — 1,348 students, average ICSEA 972.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Bega Valley Public School, Bega | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 291 | 917 |
| Bega High School, Bega | Government | Secondary | 5.0 km | 706 | 973 |
| Mumbulla School for Rudolf Steiner Education, Bega | Independent | Primary | 5.3 km | 176 | 1,056 |
| St Patrick's Primary School, Bega | Catholic | Primary | 5.4 km | 175 | 977 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coopers Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11048/coopers-gully/topic/education