44.8% ▲ +41.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Booerie Creek · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Booerie Creek
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Booerie Creek have remained steady, though schooling rates stay well below state levels. Only 44.8% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This trend is reflected in the qualifications data, where university degrees are also less common than in the wider state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of the residents have completed Year 12, a result that is far below both the state and national figures by 14 percentage points. About 35.3% of the population finished Year 10 as their highest school year.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Booerie Creek, the largest group is Year 12 at 50%, followed by Year 10 (39%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 16.7% of the area, which is well below the national figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.6% of people.
16.7% ▲ +50.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Booerie Creek, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 38%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (22%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Booerie Creek most often studied society and culture (19.4%) or engineering and related fields (16.7%). Health and management qualifications follow at 11.1% and 9.7% respectively.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Seven schools are located within 3km, which is more than 79% of similar areas. These schools have an average advantage score of 1,021, which is higher than most areas.
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).
344
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,021
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Booerie Creek
7 schools — 2,405 students, average ICSEA 1,021.
By sector: Government 4 · Catholic 2 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 4 · Secondary 2 · Combined 1
| Blakebrook Public School, Blakebrook | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 36 | 942 |
| The Rivers Secondary College, Richmond River High Campus, North Lismore | Government | Secondary | 3.6 km | 494 | 950 |
| Lismore South Public School, South Lismore | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 106 | 898 |
| St Carthage's Primary School, Lismore | Catholic | Primary | 4.3 km | 580 | 1,064 |
| Living School, Lismore | Independent | Combined | 4.7 km | 313 | 1,037 |
| St John's College, Lismore | Catholic | Secondary | 4.7 km | 774 | 1,059 |
| Albert Park Public School, East Lismore | Government | Primary | 5.3 km | 102 | 950 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Booerie Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10473/booerie-creek/topic/education