34.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cobraball · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Cobraball have completed high school, with only 34.3% finishing Year 12. This is far below the national figure and marks the area as having much lower school completion rates than most similar places.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.3% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1%. Many residents stopped their schooling earlier, with 30% reaching Year 10 as their highest level.
34.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Cobraball, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (39%) and Year 9 or below (9%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.5% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 26.7% of adults.
12.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Cobraball, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (36%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, 24.4% studied engineering and related fields, while 8.9% studied health.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of Cobraball, making it smaller in this regard than about 59% of similar areas.
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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 Cobraball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30640/cobraball/topic/education