86.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 79.1%
- 2021: 86.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coombs · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Coombs
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much higher levels of education than most similar areas define Coombs, where over half of adults hold a university degree. This is a highly qualified community that far exceeds both the territory and national benchmarks for schooling and higher degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A huge 86.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is well above the ACT figure of 77% and far above the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coombs, Year 12 is the majority at 90%; Year 10 is next at 6%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University education is very common here, with 53.9% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far above the 42.9% seen across the ACT and more than double the national average of 26.3%.
53.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 53.9%
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 Coombs, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 43%, followed by Postgraduate degree (27%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 22.9%, followed by society and culture at 15.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Coombs has a high school advantage score of 1,114, and while there are 11 schools within 3km, there are fewer schools per 1,000 children than in most similar areas.
0.86
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
367
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,114
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Coombs
11 schools — 4,036 students, average ICSEA 1,114.
By sector: Government 5 · Independent 3 · Catholic 3
By type: Primary 8 · Combined 3
| Charles Weston School, Coombs | Government | Primary | 0.3 km | 511 | 1,099 |
| Canberra Montessori School, Holder | Independent | Primary | 1.8 km | 96 | 1,128 |
| Evelyn Scott School, Denman Prospect | Government | Combined | 1.9 km | 717 | 1,107 |
| Orana Steiner School, Weston | Independent | Combined | 2.0 km | 413 | 1,136 |
| St Jude's Primary School, Holder | Catholic | Primary | 2.0 km | 425 | 1,131 |
| Duffy Primary School, Duffy | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 374 | 1,088 |
| Islamic School of Canberra, Weston | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 455 | 1,073 |
| Curtin Primary School, Curtin | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 408 | 1,146 |
| Holy Trinity Primary School, Curtin | Catholic | Primary | 3.8 km | 387 | 1,145 |
| St John Vianney's Primary School, Waramanga | Catholic | Primary | 4.0 km | 159 | 1,094 |
| Lyons Early Childhood School, Lyons | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 91 | 1,116 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Coombs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80041/coombs/topic/education