61.1% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coomoora · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coomoora
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 61% of Coomoora residents have completed Year 12, a rate much higher than most similar areas. This reflects a well-educated local population where a quarter of adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 61.1%, which is about the same as the Victorian figure and slightly above the national average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coomoora, Year 12 is the majority at 65%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 24.8% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Australian average.
24.8% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Coomoora splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are society and culture at 16.7%, followed by education at 14.8% and health at 11.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Coomoora has three schools within 3km, more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are smaller than most and are split evenly between government, Catholic, and independent sectors.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
175
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,016
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coomoora
3 schools — 524 students, average ICSEA 1,016.
By sector: Independent 1 · Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Daylesford Dharma School, Daylesford | Independent | Primary | 3.2 km | 21 | 1,062 |
| Daylesford Secondary College, Daylesford | Government | Secondary | 4.1 km | 417 | 1,007 |
| St Michael's School, Daylesford | Catholic | Primary | 4.2 km | 86 | 1,049 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coomoora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20627/coomoora/topic/education