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Education & Qualifications in Kooroongarra

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

Far fewer residents have finished high school or university compared to most similar areas, making Kooroongarra a place with very low formal qualification levels. Only 32.6% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.

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📍 Kooroongarra, Suburb / Locality

Where Kooroongarra sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kooroongarra — lower than 99% of areas.

Kooroongarra0.0%
4357, QLD 9.6%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

The typical person in Kooroongarra finished school in Year 10, with 37.2% reaching that level. This helps explain why the 32.6% who completed Year 12 is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%.

Completed Year 12

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32.6% —

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Kooroongarra, the largest group is Year 10 at 44%, followed by Year 12 (39%) and Year 9 or below (17%).

Year 10 37.2% Year 12 32.6% Year 9 or below 14.0%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Higher education is very rare here, with no adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below both the state (21.9%) and national (26.3%) figures.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Kooroongarra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.

Certificate III / IV 66.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 22%, ahead of Food, hospitality & personal services (22%).

Field of qualification

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Kooroongarra splits fairly evenly between Agriculture & environment (29%) and Food, hospitality & personal services (29%), with Engineering & related at 21%.

Agriculture & environment 22.2% Food, hospitality & personal services 22.2% Engineering & related 16.7% Architecture & building 16.7%

Schools

Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).

There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.

Schools within 3 km

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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).

Schools in and around Kooroongarra — hover a marker for details. Open the full map →

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Kooroongarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31573/kooroongarra/topic/education