49.2% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.3%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coolabine · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coolabine
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Less than half of residents in Coolabine have finished Year 12, which is well below national and state levels. While this is higher than in many similar areas, the community generally holds fewer formal university degrees than the typical Australian.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 49.2% of people finished Year 12, a figure that is well below the 58.8% national average. About 25.4% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coolabine, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 15.4% of adults, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.1% of the population.
15.4% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Coolabine, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Postgraduate degree (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Coolabine most often studied management and commerce, followed by health and engineering, which both stand at 18.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, though its average size of 44 students is much lower than most 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).
44
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
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 Coolabine
1 school — 44 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Kenilworth State Community College, Kenilworth | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 44 | 983 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coolabine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30676/coolabine/topic/education