36.4% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Coobowie · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Coobowie
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Coobowie have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 36.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This reflects a community where trade qualifications and practical skills are more common than formal academic degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below both the state and national levels, though it rose slightly since 2011 to 36.4%. About 22.6% of people stopped at Year 11, while 20% finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Coobowie, the largest group is Year 12 at 40%, followed by Year 11 (25%) and Year 10 (22%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.1% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Most residents hold a Certificate III or IV, with 47.6% achieving this level of qualification.
8.1% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Coobowie, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 66%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (16.5%) and Architecture and Building (14.6%), followed by Management and Commerce at 14.6%.
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 Coobowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422017/coobowie/topic/education