32.3% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cobar · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Cobar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Cobar have completed high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 32.3% of people here finished Year 12, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The proportion of people who finished Year 12 is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This has dropped 22 points over the last decade, and about 28.5% of residents now list Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 10.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 37% of the population.
10.1% ▼ -56.7%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Cobar, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 57%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common area of study at 22.3%, followed by management and commerce at 11.2%.
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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115039/cobar/topic/education