48.1% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cooroy · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cooroy
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational attainment in Cooroy has remained fairly steady, but the area still trails behind state and national figures. Fewer than half of residents have finished Year 12, and only 14.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Queensland and Australian averages.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is at 48.1%, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About a quarter of residents finished school at Year 10, while 10.1% left at Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cooroy, Year 12 is the majority at 52%; Year 10 is next at 28%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with a bachelor degree or higher held by 14.9% of adults. This is well below the Queensland figure. Most qualified adults hold a Certificate III or IV (36.0%) or a diploma (16.9%).
14.9% ▲ +38.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 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 Cooroy, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (21%) and Bachelor degree (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are engineering and related subjects at 14.6%, followed by management and commerce at 13.6%. Health and society and culture also make up over 10% each.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cooroy has schools that are much larger on average than most areas, with a typical size of 565 students. There are three schools within 3km, and two-thirds of the local schools are government run.
4.08
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
565
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,024
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cooroy
3 schools — 1,696 students, average ICSEA 1,024.
By sector: Government 2 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 1 · Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Noosa Christian College, Cooroy | Independent | Combined | 0.4 km | 478 | 1,060 |
| Noosa District State High School, Cooroy | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 882 | 1,012 |
| Cooroy State School, Cooroy | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 336 | 1,006 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cooroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30705/cooroy/topic/education