60.4% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coomera · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coomera
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than 60% of adults in Coomera have completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. This strong foundation in secondary schooling is a standout feature for the suburb, though higher university degrees are less common than the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A high proportion of the community finished high school, with 60.4% completing Year 12. This is well above the Queensland figure of 57.1% and a little above the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coomera, Year 12 is the majority at 66%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 17.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 32.9% of people.
17.7% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Coomera, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 40%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (23%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most popular fields of study are management and commerce at 20.9%, followed by society and culture at 12.5% and engineering at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Coomera has a few but very large schools, with an average size of 1,047 students. While there are 16 schools within 3km, there are much fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most other areas.
1.16
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
16
Higher than 86% 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).
1,047
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,019
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coomera
16 schools — 16,748 students, average ICSEA 1,019.
By sector: Government 12 · Catholic 2 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 7 · Combined 6 · Secondary 3
| Coomera State Special School, Coomera | Government | Combined | 0.2 km | 278 | 1,005 |
| Picnic Creek State School, Coomera | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 886 | 996 |
| Foxwell State Secondary College, Coomera | Government | Secondary | 1.5 km | 1,123 | 997 |
| Coomera Rivers State School, Coomera | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 819 | 1,001 |
| St Joseph's College, Coomera | Catholic | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,299 | 1,039 |
| Pimpama State Primary College, Pimpama | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 747 | 972 |
| Pimpama State Secondary College, Pimpama | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,222 | 966 |
| Coomera State School, Coomera | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 368 | 1,004 |
| Coomera Anglican College, Upper Coomera | Independent | Combined | 4.0 km | 1,595 | 1,084 |
| Assisi Catholic College, Upper Coomera | Catholic | Combined | 4.3 km | 1,516 | 1,055 |
| Coomera Springs State School, Upper Coomera | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 654 | 999 |
| Saint Stephen's College, Coomera | Independent | Combined | 4.4 km | 1,315 | 1,109 |
| Gainsborough State School, Pimpama | Government | Primary | 4.6 km | 849 | 1,003 |
| Upper Coomera State College, Upper Coomera | Government | Combined | 5.3 km | 1,682 | 964 |
| Helensvale State High School, Helensvale | Government | Secondary | 5.8 km | 1,875 | 1,017 |
| Oxenford State School, Oxenford | Government | Primary | 6.9 km | 520 | 993 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coomera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30688/coomera/topic/education