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Coolamon · Urban Centre

Education & Qualifications in Coolamon

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

More adults in Coolamon hold university degrees than in most similar areas, though school completion rates remain quite low. While 15.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, far fewer residents finished high school compared to the wider state and nation.

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📍 Coolamon, Urban Centre

Where Coolamon sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

15.6% ▲ +41.3%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Coolamon — higher than 71% of areas.

Coolamon15.6%
2701, NSW 15.0%
New South Wales 27.8%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Only 34.1% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9% and fell 3.7 points since 2011. The most common highest year of school reached was Year 10, at 35.8%.

Completed Year 12

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34.1% ▼ -9.8%

Lower than 65% 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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Coolamon splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 16%.

Year 10 35.8% Year 12 34.1% Year 9 or below 15.2% Year 11 7.5%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

The share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher rose to 15.6% since 2011, which is higher than most similar areas despite being far below the national figure. Certificate III or IV is the most common qualification, held by 35.8% of people.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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15.6% ▲ +41.3%

Higher than 71% 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 Coolamon, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).

Certificate III / IV 35.8% Bachelor degree 19.1% Advanced diploma / diploma 14.1% Postgraduate degree 5.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 3.4% Certificate I / II 2.7%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 14%, followed by engineering and related subjects at 13.1% and health at 12.7%.

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 Coolamon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115042/coolamon/topic/education