34.6% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Kootingal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Kootingal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Kootingal have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 34.6% of residents completed Year 12, which is 24 percentage points lower than the national figure. This gap extends to higher education, where the number of adults with a university degree is also far below the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.6% of people here finished Year 12, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 38%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Kootingal splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.9% of the population, which is far below the 26.3% national figure. Nearly half of all qualifications held are Certificate III or IV levels.
10.9% ▲ +43.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Kootingal, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are Engineering and related fields at 15.7%, followed closely by Management and Commerce at 15.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are four schools within 3km, more than about 73% of similar areas. All local schools are government primary schools, though they have a lower average size and advantage score than most areas.
2.04
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
126
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
959
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Kootingal
4 schools — 505 students, average ICSEA 959.
By sector: Government 4
By type: Primary 4
| Kootingal Public School, Kootingal | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 168 | 928 |
| Moonbi Public School, Moonbi | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 31 | 850 |
| Tintinhull Public School, Kootingal | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 113 | 973 |
| Nemingha Public School, Nemingha | Government | Primary | 8.9 km | 193 | 996 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kootingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12203/kootingal/topic/education