37.4% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cooltong · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cooltong
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 7.3% of adults in Cooltong hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the national average. The area is marked by low levels of formal schooling and higher education compared to most other regions. Most residents have a trade qualification or left school before completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is low here at 37.4%, which is far below the South Australian figure of 54.6%. About 17.3% of residents left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cooltong, the largest group is Year 12 at 39%, followed by Year 11 (21%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification at 36.5%. Higher degrees are rare, with bachelor or postgraduate qualifications far below both the state and national figures.
7.3% ▲ +54.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Cooltong, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 15.7%, followed by education at 10.4% and food, hospitality and personal services at 9.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
One government primary school serves the area, though it is smaller and has a much lower advantage score than most other schools.
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).
131
Lower than 70% 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 Cooltong
1 school — 131 students, average ICSEA 945.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Renmark North School, Renmark North | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 131 | 945 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cooltong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40299/cooltong/topic/education