25.5% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coleraine · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coleraine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Coleraine has remained low, with only 25.5% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8% and among the lowest levels seen in similar areas. The town's schooling patterns show a significant gap compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only about a quarter of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. Roughly 24% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier, while 22% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Coleraine splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (29%) and Year 9 or below (27%), with Year 10 at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is uncommon in Coleraine, where adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 8.1%. This is far below the Victoria average of 29.2%, with Certificate III or IV being the most typical qualification at 39.7%.
8.1% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Coleraine, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 56%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People who hold qualifications in this area often specialise in society and culture (13%), engineering (11.5%), or health (10.7%). Other common fields include management and commerce, and agriculture and environment.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Coleraine has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is much smaller than most areas with only 33 students. The two local primary schools are split evenly between government and Catholic sectors.
15.04
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
33
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
989
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coleraine
2 schools — 66 students, average ICSEA 989.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2
| Coleraine Primary School, Coleraine | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 32 | 975 |
| St Joseph's School, Coleraine | Catholic | Primary | 2.2 km | 34 | 1,003 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coleraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20614/coleraine/topic/education