25.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cowan Cowan · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cowan Cowan
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Cowan Cowan have remained very low compared to the rest of the country. Few residents here have completed high school, and no adults hold a university degree.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 25.9% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 29.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cowan Cowan splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (40%) and Year 12 (35%), with Year 11 at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Natural & physical sciences at 0%, ahead of Information technology (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of Cowan Cowan, which is smaller than about 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cowan Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30736/cowan-cowan/topic/education