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Education & Qualifications in Cooktown

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

Certificate III and IV qualifications are the most common a qualification held by adults in Cooktown, where 30.8% of the population has one. While higher education and school completion rates are well below the national figures, both have risen significantly over the last decade.

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📍 Cooktown, Urban Centre

Where Cooktown sits — Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

16.6% ▲ +208.6%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Cooktown — higher than 73% of areas.

Cooktown16.6%
4895, QLD 11.2%
Queensland 21.9%
Australia 26.3%

Schooling

Highest year of school completed.

Year 12 completion rose 19 points since 2011 to 42.2%, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this remains far below the 58.8% national figure.

Completed Year 12

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42.2% ▲ +79.6%

Higher than 61% 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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In Cooktown, Year 12 is the majority at 50%; Year 10 is next at 27%.

Year 12 42.2% Year 10 22.9% Year 9 or below 9.8% Year 11 9.2%

Qualifications

Post-school qualifications and degrees.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.6% of the population, a figure that rose 11 points since 2011. This is higher than most similar areas, though still well below the 26.3% Australian average.

Adults with a bachelor degree or higher

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16.6% ▲ +208.6%

Higher than 73% 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 Cooktown, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (25%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).

Certificate III / IV 30.8% Bachelor degree 17.4% Advanced diploma / diploma 10.9% Postgraduate degree 4.2% Graduate diploma / certificate 4.0% Certificate I / II 2.9%

Field of study

What people studied.

The most common fields of study are engineering and related subjects at 12.0%, followed closely by health at 11.9% and education and society and culture both at 9.9%.

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 Cooktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315024/cooktown/topic/education