44.0% ▲ +28.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cooee · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cooee
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Health qualifications are the most common field of study for residents in Cooee, where 19.7% of qualified adults work in this sector. This is an area where education levels sit well below the Tasmanian and national figures, with fewer people finishing high school or holding university degrees than is typical.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Less than half of residents, 44%, have completed Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian average of 47.1% and far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 31.7% of people finished Year 10, while 10.6% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cooee, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 16.5%, a figure well below both Tasmania (21.9%) and Australia (26.3%). The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 29% of the community.
16.5% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 Cooee, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 37%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Beyond health, qualifications are most often in management and commerce (17%), followed by engineering and society and culture, which both sit at 13.3%. Education qualifications make up 6% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Cooee has a high number of schools for its size, with 22.22 schools per 1,000 children and 8 schools within 3km. These schools are larger than most in similar areas, and 75% are government-run.
22.22
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
8
Higher than 77% 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).
417
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
971
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cooee
8 schools — 3,335 students, average ICSEA 971.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 2
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 3 · Combined 1
| Burnie High School, Cooee | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 502 | 951 |
| Cooee Primary School, Cooee | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 174 | 984 |
| Marist Regional College, Burnie | Catholic | Secondary | 1.2 km | 889 | 1,006 |
| Stella Maris Catholic School, Burnie | Catholic | Primary | 1.4 km | 382 | 1,024 |
| Burnie Primary School, Park Grove | Government | Primary | 1.9 km | 330 | 984 |
| Hellyer College, Shorewell Park | Government | Secondary | 2.0 km | 656 | 938 |
| Montello Primary School, Montello | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 270 | 885 |
| North West Support School, Acton | Government | Combined | 3.5 km | 132 | 938 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cooee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60126/cooee/topic/education