30.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cottonvale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cottonvale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of people in Cottonvale left school in Year 9 or below. This is the most common schooling level in the area, which sees far fewer people finishing Year 12 than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 30% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and Australian figures of around 59%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cottonvale, the largest group is Year 9 or below at 44%, followed by Year 12 (38%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 15%, which is far below the state and national figures.
15.0% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Cottonvale splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (50%) and Certificate III / IV (50%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 33%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two primary government schools within 3 km, though they are among the smallest of their kind with a typical size of 19 students and a much lower advantage score than most areas.
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).
19
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
905
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 Cottonvale
2 schools — 38 students, average ICSEA 905.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 2
| Dalveen State School, Dalveen | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 17 | 907 |
| Thulimbah State School, Thulimbah | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 21 | 904 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cottonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11087/cottonvale/topic/education