41.4% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cooranga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cooranga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Cooranga, held by 40.7% of adults. This is a place where few have finished high school, with only 41.4% of residents completing Year 12. This figure is far below the national average of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 12, followed by Year 10 at 33.3%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cooranga, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (38%) and Year 9 or below (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 14.9% of the population. This is well below the Queensland average of 21.9% and far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
14.9% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 Cooranga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 34%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and Health both at 14.8%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 13%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government school, which is a combined primary and secondary school. This school has a typical size of 114 students and an advantage score among the lowest for its level.
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).
114
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
894
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cooranga
1 school — 114 students, average ICSEA 894.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Jandowae Prep-10 State School, Jandowae | Government | Combined | 20.9 km | 114 | 894 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cooranga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30701/cooranga/topic/education