50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
East Cooyar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in East Cooyar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 26 percentage points separates East Cooyar from the national average for university degrees. This is a place where higher education is rare, with no adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Half of residents completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is still well below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Around 40% of people finished school at Year 10 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In East Cooyar, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (31%) and Year 9 or below (31%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result that is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the national figure 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).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In East Cooyar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Education at 57%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The only school within 3km is a government primary school. It is much smaller than most others, with a typical size of 26 students and a school advantage score much lower than most 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).
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 East Cooyar
1 school — 26 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Cooyar State School, Cooyar | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 26 | 945 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in East Cooyar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30920/east-cooyar/topic/education