69.4% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coromandel East · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coromandel East
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly 70% of people in Coromandel East have completed Year 12, which is far above the national figure. This highly educated community sees a large proportion of adults holding university degrees, which helps explain the high advantage scores seen in local schools.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are far above both the state and national figures, with 69.4% of residents finishing Year 12. Only 1.1% of the population left school in Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coromandel East, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 11 is next at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are common here, with 38.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the 26.3% national average, and the most common qualification is a bachelor degree at 34.1%.
38.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 38.7%
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 Coromandel East, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Certificate III / IV (19%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several professional fields, led by Health at 17.7% and Engineering at 14.7%. Education and Management & Commerce also make up significant shares, at 12.5% and 12.1% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have an average advantage score of 1,070, which is much higher than most areas. There are 11 schools within 3km, more than about 83% of similar areas, with most being government primary schools.
11
Higher than 81% 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).
394
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,070
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coromandel East
11 schools — 4,335 students, average ICSEA 1,070.
By sector: Government 8 · Independent 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 2
| Coromandel Valley Primary School, Coromandel Valley | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 483 | 1,097 |
| Craigburn Primary School, Flagstaff Hill | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 426 | 1,074 |
| Hawthorndene Primary School, Hawthorndene | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 290 | 1,108 |
| Concordia College (St Peters Campus, Blackwood), Blackwood | Independent | Primary | 3.6 km | 88 | 1,119 |
| Blackwood High School, Eden Hills | Government | Secondary | 4.3 km | 1,211 | 1,059 |
| Blackwood Primary School, Eden Hills | Government | Primary | 4.3 km | 363 | 1,095 |
| Upper Sturt Primary School, Upper Sturt | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 97 | 1,094 |
| Pilgrim School, Aberfoyle Park | Independent | Primary | 5.1 km | 161 | 1,109 |
| Thiele Primary School, Aberfoyle Park | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 151 | 1,022 |
| School of the Nativity, Aberfoyle Park | Catholic | Primary | 5.3 km | 159 | 1,086 |
| Aberfoyle Park High School, Aberfoyle Park | Government | Secondary | 5.4 km | 906 | 1,039 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coromandel East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40313/coromandel-east/topic/education