24.2% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boggabilla · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boggabilla
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 24.2% of people in Boggabilla finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This is an area where few residents hold university degrees and schooling levels are among the lowest of similar places.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales and Australian averages, at just 24.2%. Other common highest schooling levels include Year 10 at 17.9% and Year 9 or below at 15.5%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boggabilla, the largest group is Year 12 at 38%, followed by Year 10 (28%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 6% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 15.6% of people.
6.0% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Boggabilla, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 43%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with agriculture and environment being the most common at 6.6%, followed by management and commerce at 5.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Boggabilla has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with seven schools within 3km. However, the average school size is 211 students and school advantage scores are much lower than most areas.
8.89
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% 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).
211
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
938
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boggabilla
7 schools — 1,474 students, average ICSEA 938.
By sector: Government 5 · Catholic 1 · Independent 1
By type: Combined 3 · Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| Boggabilla Central School, Boggabilla | Government | Combined | 19.2 km | 79 | 670 |
| Tulloona Public School, Tulloona | Government | Primary | 20.2 km | 1 | — |
| St Mary's School, Goondiwindi | Catholic | Combined | 21.1 km | 385 | 1,043 |
| Goondiwindi State School, Goondiwindi | Government | Primary | 21.2 km | 424 | 927 |
| Border Rivers Christian College, Goondiwindi | Independent | Combined | 21.2 km | 91 | 1,017 |
| Goondiwindi State High School, Goondiwindi | Government | Secondary | 21.4 km | 453 | 917 |
| Toomelah Public School, Boggabilla | Government | Primary | 28.0 km | 41 | 625 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boggabilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10440/boggabilla/topic/education