28.8% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coonamble · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Coonamble
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A slight rise in high school completion since 2011 marks a shifting educational landscape in Coonamble. While more people are finishing school, the area still sees far fewer adults with university degrees compared to the rest of the country. Only 8.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion rose 1.2 points since 2011 to reach 28.8%, though this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 27.3% of residents stopped at Year 10, and 20.0% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Coonamble splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (34%) and Year 10 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with the 8.6% rate falling slightly since 2011. Instead, a larger share of the community holds a Certificate III or IV, which is the most common high-level qualification at 31.7%.
8.6% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Coonamble, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with higher qualifications, the most common fields of study are management and commerce at 11.5%, followed by health at 10.3% and engineering at 9.6%.
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 Coonamble [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115044/coonamble/topic/education