3
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
Boat Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boat Harbour
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A higher-than-usual school advantage score of 1,037 marks the educational landscape of Boat Harbour. This small area provides more school options than most similar places, with a mix of independent and government campuses serving local students.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The most common highest year of school is Year 10 at 50%, ahead of Year 12 (19%).
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boat Harbour, Year 10 is the majority at 73%; Year 12 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The most common highest qualification level is Bachelor degree at 38%, ahead of Postgraduate degree (0%).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Boat Harbour, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Health at 63%, ahead of Management & commerce (38%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Three schools are located within 3 km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. Two-thirds of these are independent schools, with the rest run by the government.
253
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,037
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boat Harbour
3 schools — 760 students, average ICSEA 1,037.
By sector: Independent 2 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Vistara Primary School, Richmond Hill | Independent | Primary | 1.5 km | 19 | 1,121 |
| Bexhill Public School, Bexhill | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 113 | 995 |
| Summerland Christian College, Goonellabah | Independent | Combined | 2.7 km | 628 | 1,042 |
Sources
- Australian Schools List — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), 2025 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10423/boat-harbour/topic/education