55.9% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coghills Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coghills Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher school completion rates than most similar areas define Coghills Creek, though university degrees remain rare. While 55.9% of residents finished Year 12, only 8.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Around 55.9% of people completed Year 12, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but well below the 61.8% seen across Victoria.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coghills Creek, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 11 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are far below the state and national figures, with only 8.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37% of residents.
8.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Coghills Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (34%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are mostly focused on practical and professional fields, with Engineering (23.9%), Society and Culture (17.4%), and Management and Commerce (15.2%) being the most common.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most other schools with an average size of 79 students. This school has an advantage score of 1,008, which is higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
79
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,008
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coghills Creek
1 school — 79 students, average ICSEA 1,008.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Blowhard Primary School, Blowhard | Government | Primary | 5.7 km | 79 | 1,008 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coghills Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20603/coghills-creek/topic/education