27.1% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coolah · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Coolah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Coolah have finished high school or university compared to most other areas. Only 27.1% of residents have completed Year 12, though this is 4.2 percentage points higher than it was in 2011. This gap in formal schooling is a defining feature of the local adult population.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 27.1% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. The most common highest school year reached here is Year 10, at 34.1%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coolah, the largest group is Year 10 at 40%, followed by Year 12 (32%) and Year 9 or below (23%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Just 8.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. This has risen 4.2 percentage points since 2011, with Certificate III or IV being the most common qualification at 34.6%.
8.8% ▲ +91.9%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Coolah, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are engineering and related subjects at 14%, followed by health at 11.5% and education at 10.3%.
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 Coolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121022/coolah/topic/education