33.7% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cowra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cowra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A far lower proportion of people in Cowra finished high school compared to the rest of the state. Only 33.7% of residents completed Year 12, which is 25 percentage points below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 10 is the most common highest school level reached for 35.5% of people. This helps explain why Year 12 completion is far below the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cowra splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with just 10.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%, while Certificate III or IV is the most typical qualification at 38.2%.
10.4% ▲ +37.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Cowra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 15.1%, followed by engineering and related fields at 13.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are seven schools within 3km, which is more than most similar areas. However, the average school advantage score of 916 is much lower than in most other areas.
3.93
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
233
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
916
Lower 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 Cowra
7 schools — 1,629 students, average ICSEA 916.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 4 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| OneSchool Global NSW - Cowra, Cowra | Independent | Primary | 2.8 km | 18 | 963 |
| St Raphael's Catholic School Cowra, Cowra | Catholic | Combined | 5.3 km | 442 | 985 |
| Cowra Public School, Cowra | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 338 | 895 |
| Mulyan Public School, Cowra | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 336 | 896 |
| Holman Place School, Cowra | Government | Combined | 6.2 km | 30 | 822 |
| Cowra High School, Cowra | Government | Secondary | 6.3 km | 439 | 884 |
| Holmwood Public School, Cowra | Government | Primary | 12.1 km | 26 | 920 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11099/cowra/topic/education