39.4% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cowwarr · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cowwarr
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Cowwarr finished Year 12 compared to the rest of the country, with only 39.4% completing their senior schooling. This gap is reflected in higher qualification levels too, where university degrees are much less common than in the general Victorian population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria and the 58.8% national figure. Other common highest levels of schooling include Year 11 at 19% and Year 10 at 18.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cowwarr, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 11 (22%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.3% of the population, a figure far below the Victorian average of 29.2%. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV, at 34.4%.
13.3% ▲ +61.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
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 Cowwarr, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (14%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields of study are Engineering and related subjects at 22.6%, followed by Health at 11.3% and Society and Culture at 10.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cowwarr has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though these schools are much smaller and have a much lower advantage score. The only school in the area is a government primary school.
15.87
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
24
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
917
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cowwarr
1 school — 24 students, average ICSEA 917.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cowwarr Primary School, Cowwarr | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 24 | 917 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cowwarr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20659/cowwarr/topic/education