64.9% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cosgrove · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cosgrove
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Cosgrove have finished high school than in most similar areas. While 64.9% of residents completed Year 12, this high school completion rate sits alongside a much lower proportion of adults with university degrees compared to the rest of the country.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is high at 64.9%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 57.1% and the national average of 58.8%. Other common outcomes include 15.9% finishing Year 10 and 6.8% finishing Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cosgrove, Year 12 is the majority at 71%; Year 10 is next at 18%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the state or nation, with only 14.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. The most frequent qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.6% of people.
14.6% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Cosgrove, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, led by management and commerce at 16.9%. Other common areas of study include health at 15.4% and engineering at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cosgrove has more schools within 3km than 80% of similar areas, with eight in total. These schools are typically larger than those in other similar areas, with an average size of 582 students.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
582
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cosgrove
8 schools — 4,657 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Catholic 3 · Government 3 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 5 · Combined 2 · Secondary 1
| St Clare's Catholic School, Burdell | Catholic | Primary | 1.8 km | 714 | 1,022 |
| Mary Help of Christians Catholic College, Shaw | Catholic | Secondary | 2.4 km | 127 | 990 |
| Eaton College, Mount Louisa | Independent | Combined | 2.5 km | 27 | 967 |
| Calvary Christian College, Mount Louisa | Independent | Combined | 2.6 km | 1,128 | 1,020 |
| St Benedict's Catholic School, Shaw | Catholic | Primary | 2.7 km | 613 | 1,014 |
| Kirwan State School, Kirwan | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 698 | 927 |
| The Willows State School, Kirwan | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 876 | 956 |
| Bohlevale State School, Burdell | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 474 | 891 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cosgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30729/cosgrove/topic/education