40.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coorooman · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coorooman
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 19 percentage points separates Coorooman from the national figure for Year 12 completion. Only 40% of residents finished high school, which is far below the state and national averages. This trend continues into higher education, where the area has far fewer university degrees than the rest of Queensland.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just 40% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Many residents left school earlier, with 30% finishing at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coorooman, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.1% of the population, far below the 26.3% national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 43.6% of residents.
11.1% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Coorooman, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 63%; Bachelor degree is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are often focused on technical fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 23.6%, followed by Architecture and building at 14.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three primary government schools within 3 km, which is more than 70% of similar areas. However, these schools are much smaller than usual and have a lower average advantage score than most areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
50
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coorooman
3 schools — 150 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Government 3
By type: Primary 3
| Coowonga State School, Coowonga | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 7 | 956 |
| Keppel Sands State School, Keppel Sands | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 8 | 952 |
| Cawarral State School, Cawarral | Government | Primary | 7.7 km | 135 | 952 |
Sources
More for Coorooman
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coorooman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30704/coorooman/topic/education