26.7% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cooyar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cooyar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 26.7% of people in Cooyar have completed Year 12, a figure far below the national average. This reflects a community where formal schooling levels are much lower than in most other areas. The local education profile is marked by a strong focus on practical certificates over university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%, with the most common highest year of school being Year 10 at 32%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cooyar, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up just 4.2% of the population, which is far below the Australian average. Instead, Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 41.3% of residents.
4.2% ▲ +225.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Cooyar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 68%; Bachelor degree is next at 12%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 21.5%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cooyar has a high number of schools per child, though they are much smaller than most areas. The local school is a government primary school with an average size of 26 students.
50.00
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
26
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
945
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cooyar
1 school — 26 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cooyar State School, Cooyar | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 26 | 945 |
Sources
More for Cooyar
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cooyar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30713/cooyar/topic/education