67.7% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coopers Shoot · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coopers Shoot
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 40% of adults in Coopers Shoot hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking this as a highly educated area. This strong academic profile is reflected in the high proportion of residents who finished high school. It is a place where advanced qualifications and strong school results are much more common than in other similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is well above the national figure, with 67.7% of residents finishing Year 12. This is 8.8 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coopers Shoot, Year 12 is the majority at 75%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The level of higher education is far above that of New South Wales, as 39.2% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. Bachelor degrees are the most common qualification at 41.1%.
39.2% ▲ +77.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 39.2%
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 Shoot, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 50%, followed by Certificate III / IV (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 19%, followed by society and culture at 13.7% and education at 11%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Five schools are located within 3km, which is more than most similar areas. These schools have a school advantage score of 1,074, which is much higher than most areas.
5
Higher than 73% 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).
377
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,074
Higher than 86% 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 Shoot
5 schools — 1,883 students, average ICSEA 1,074.
By sector: Government 3 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Combined 1 · Secondary 1
| Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School, Byron Bay | Independent | Combined | 4.2 km | 382 | 1,097 |
| Bangalow Public School, Bangalow | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 295 | 1,088 |
| Newrybar Public School, Newrybar | Government | Primary | 4.4 km | 61 | 1,082 |
| Byron Bay High School, Byron Bay | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 820 | 1,050 |
| St Finbarr's Primary School, Byron Bay | Catholic | Primary | 5.5 km | 325 | 1,096 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coopers Shoot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11049/coopers-shoot/topic/education