31.1% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coominya · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Coominya
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Almost half of qualified adults in Coominya hold a Certificate III or IV. This reflects a local workforce that leans heavily towards trade and vocational skills rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure, with only 31.1% of residents finishing school. This is much lower than most areas and has fallen by 9.3 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →Coominya splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (33%), with Year 9 or below at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, as only 6.6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Queensland figure and represents a drop from 9.5% a decade ago.
6.6% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Coominya, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 16%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are mostly focused on practical fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 18.2%, followed by Management and commerce at 15.8%.
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 Coominya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321030/coominya/topic/education