37.8% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cobains · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cobains
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for adults in Cobains. The area has a lower level of formal education than most other places, with only 37.8% of people finishing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% figure for Victoria and the national average of 58.8%. About 16.2% of people left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cobains, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 11 (25%) and Year 10 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, a figure far below both Victoria (29.2%) and Australia (26.3%). This is also lower than most similar areas.
11.7% ▲ +25.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Cobains, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are health at 17% and engineering and related fields at 15.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cobains has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with eight schools within 3km. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,015, which is higher than most areas.
19.61
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
387
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,015
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cobains
8 schools — 3,093 students, average ICSEA 1,015.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| Cobains Primary School, Cobains | Government | Primary | 0.7 km | 46 | 939 |
| Guthridge Primary School, Sale | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 267 | 973 |
| St Thomas' School, Sale | Catholic | Primary | 5.6 km | 289 | 1,039 |
| Araluen Primary School, Sale | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 104 | 946 |
| Sale and District Specialist School, Sale | Government | Combined | 6.1 km | 101 | 937 |
| Sale Primary School, Sale | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 465 | 1,003 |
| Gippsland Grammar, Sale | Independent | Combined | 6.8 km | 1,039 | 1,096 |
| Sale College, Sale | Government | Secondary | 7.2 km | 782 | 943 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cobains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20586/cobains/topic/education