27.4% ▲ +58.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Koorawatha · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Koorawatha
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 27.4% of people in Koorawatha have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is a place where few residents have reached higher education, with a typical schooling level and qualification rate much lower than across New South Wales.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
High school completion is very low here, with 27.4% finishing Year 12—far below the 58.8% national average. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10 at 34.9%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Koorawatha, the largest group is Year 10 at 38%, followed by Year 12 (30%) and Year 9 or below (27%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are rare, with only 4.5% 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 qualifications are more common at 35.1%.
4.5% ▲ +28.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Koorawatha, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are management and commerce at 14.6%, followed by engineering and related studies at 13.5% and agriculture and environment at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Koorawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12201/koorawatha/topic/education