53.0% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cooroibah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cooroibah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 11 percentage points separates Cooroibah from the national figure for adults with a bachelor degree or higher. While many residents have completed Year 12, the area generally falls well below state and national levels for both high school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 53% of residents finished Year 12, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is still well below the Queensland rate of 57.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cooroibah, Year 12 is the majority at 56%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 15.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.2% of people.
15.7% ▲ +64.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.7%
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 Cooroibah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Cooroibah most commonly studied engineering and related fields (16.9%) or management and commerce (15.4%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas. This school is much larger than most others in its category and has a higher advantage score 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).
560
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,018
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 Cooroibah
1 school — 560 students, average ICSEA 1,018.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Tewantin State School, Tewantin | Government | Primary | 5.8 km | 560 | 1,018 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cooroibah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30702/cooroibah/topic/education