52.5% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coochin · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coochin
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher education levels have grown in Coochin, where 23% of adults now hold a bachelor's degree or more. While the area has a strong proportion of university graduates, the rate of people finishing Year 12 is lower than across the state and country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents, 52.5%, finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this figure remains well below the Queensland average of 57.1% and the national figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coochin, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor's degree or higher is held by 23% of adults, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Queensland average. Certificates III and IV are the most common qualification at 38.2%.
23.0% ▲ +62.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 Coochin, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are engineering and related subjects at 18.2%, followed by management and commerce at 14.5% and architecture and building at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school within 3km, which is a government-run facility. At an average size of 37 students, it is much smaller than most schools in 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).
37
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
982
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coochin
1 school — 37 students, average ICSEA 982.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Mount Alford State School, Mount Alford | Government | Primary | 7.9 km | 37 | 982 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coochin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30671/coochin/topic/education