34.2% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cobram · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Cobram
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement for residents in Cobram, where 38.9% of people hold one. While more people have completed Year 12 than in the past, the town still has far fewer high-level degrees than the state or national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 34.2% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. This figure has risen by 6.9 points since 2011, though about 21.2% of the population still peak at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cobram, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (23%) and Year 9 or below (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.8% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. This proportion grew slightly by 2.5 points over the last decade.
8.8% ▲ +39.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 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 Cobram, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related fields at 15.4%, followed by management and commerce at 13.5%.
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 Cobram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214004/cobram/topic/education