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Education & Qualifications in Morisset - Cooranbong

How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.

More people in Morisset - Cooranbong hold university degrees than in most similar areas, despite the region lagging well behind state and national levels. While school completion rates are low, there has been a steady climb in both high school and university qualifications over recent years.

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Where Morisset - Cooranbong sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

16.6% —

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Morisset - Cooranbong — higher than 73% of areas.

Morisset - Cooranbong16.6%
2264, NSW 14.6%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 41.3% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales and national figures of around 59%. This is a slight improvement from 2016, when the rate was 36.9%.

Completed Year 12

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41.3% —

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.

Highest year of school

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In Morisset - Cooranbong, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (13%).

Year 12 41.3% Year 10 32.7% Year 9 or below 12.7% Year 11 7.5%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

A bachelor degree or higher is held by 16.6% of adults, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37.8% of residents.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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16.6% —

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).

Highest qualification level

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In Morisset - Cooranbong, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (22%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).

Certificate III / IV 37.8% Bachelor degree 17.8% Advanced diploma / diploma 15.5% Postgraduate degree 6.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 2.8% Certificate I / II 2.6%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 17.1%, followed closely by engineering at 16.2% and health at 12.9%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Morisset - Cooranbong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112014/morisset-cooranbong/topic/education