53.9% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coral Sea · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coral Sea
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over 32% of adults in Coral Sea hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far above the state and national averages. While university qualifications are common, fewer people have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. This creates a distinct profile where many residents are highly qualified despite lower rates of Year 12 completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 53.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coral Sea, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area has a high proportion of university-educated adults, with 32.9% holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the 21.9% seen in Queensland and well above the 26.3% national average.
32.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Coral Sea splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (38%) and Bachelor degree (34%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with society and culture and food, hospitality and personal services both accounting for 14.7% of degrees. Management and commerce make up another 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is only one school within 3km, which is a government primary school. With an average size of 121 students, it is smaller than most schools in similar 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).
121
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
983
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coral Sea
1 school — 121 students, average ICSEA 983.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Elliott Heads State School, Elliott Heads | Government | Primary | 987.1 km | 121 | 983 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coral Sea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30717/coral-sea/topic/education