48.5% ▲ +40.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 48.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coolabunia · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coolabunia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of all qualified adults in Coolabunia hold a Certificate III or IV, reflecting a strong lean toward trade and vocational training. This practical focus is seen across the area, where higher university degrees are far less common than in the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people here finished high school compared to the national figure, with 48.5% completing Year 12. This is far below the 58.8% seen across Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coolabunia, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon in Coolabunia, where only 9.3% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure of 21.9%.
9.3% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Coolabunia, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are most often in Engineering and related fields at 25.3%, followed by Education at 18.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a high number of schools per child, with 27.03 per 1,000 children. The only local school is a government primary school with a typical size of 121 students.
27.03
Higher than 92% 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).
121
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
966
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coolabunia
1 school — 121 students, average ICSEA 966.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coolabunia State School, Coolabunia | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 121 | 966 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coolabunia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30677/coolabunia/topic/education