40.4% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coomboona · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coomboona
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Coomboona have finished high school compared to most other areas. Only 40.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 40.4% of residents finishing their final year of school. Other common endpoints include Year 11 at 15.4% and Year 10 at 13.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coomboona, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.2% of the population, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualifications are Certificate III or IV, held by 25.6% of residents.
13.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 Coomboona, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (27%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with health being the most common at 15.4%, followed by engineering and related fields at 9.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, though its average size of 32 students and its advantage score are both much lower than most similar 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).
32
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
948
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coomboona
1 school — 32 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mooroopna North Primary School, Mooroopna | Government | Primary | 6.8 km | 32 | 948 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coomboona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20626/coomboona/topic/education