60.7% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Mount Coolum · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Mount Coolum
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A higher rate of university degrees sets Mount Coolum apart from the rest of the state. More than a quarter of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well above the Queensland figure. This trend is matched by strong school results, where 60.7% of residents finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is much higher here than in most similar areas. At 60.7%, the proportion of people who finished Year 12 is well above the Queensland figure of 57.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Mount Coolum, Year 12 is the majority at 64%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 26.8% of the population, which is well above the state average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 29.7% of residents.
26.8% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Mount Coolum splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (34%) and Bachelor degree (30%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for residents are management and commerce at 15.4%, followed by society and culture at 13.1% and health at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas. This school has an advantage score of 1,046, which is much higher 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).
1,004
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,046
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Mount Coolum
1 school — 1,004 students, average ICSEA 1,046.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Coolum State School, Coolum Beach | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 1,004 | 1,046 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Mount Coolum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31950/mount-coolum/topic/education