28.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cope Cope · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment has remained very low in Cope Cope, where not a single adult holds a bachelor's degree or higher. This is far below the national figure and highlights a local trend toward vocational training over university study.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 28.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national average. About 20% of people left school at Year 10, and 17.1% finished Year 9 or below.
28.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Cope Cope, the largest group is Year 12 at 36%, followed by Year 10 (25%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher, placing Cope Cope among the lowest for this level in the country. Instead, 30.4% of residents have a Certificate III or IV.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Cope Cope, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
Those with qualifications most commonly studied health, at 21.7%, followed by agriculture and environment at 17.4%.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is smaller than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cope Cope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20632/cope-cope/topic/education