31.3% ▲ +46.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Copmanhurst · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Copmanhurst
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 31.3% of residents in Copmanhurst finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This gap extends to higher education, where very few adults hold university degrees compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are far below the New South Wales figure, with only 31.3% of people finishing Year 12. The most common highest level of schooling reached is Year 10, at 35.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Copmanhurst splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Very few adults here hold a bachelor degree or higher, at just 3.3%, which is far below the national figure. Instead, 41.9% of qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
3.3% ▼ -53.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Copmanhurst, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are engineering and related studies at 16.1%, followed by society and culture at 14.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Copmanhurst has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size is much lower. There is one government primary school within 3km.
15.15
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
66
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
904
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Copmanhurst
1 school — 66 students, average ICSEA 904.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Copmanhurst Public School, Copmanhurst | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 66 | 904 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Copmanhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11060/copmanhurst/topic/education