27.5% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boolambayte · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boolambayte
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Boolambayte have completed high school than in most other similar areas. Only 27.5% of people finished Year 12, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern continues into higher education, where university degrees are also much less common.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the New South Wales figure, with nearly half of residents (46.4%) topping out at Year 10. Only 27.5% finished Year 12, which is much lower than most other areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boolambayte, Year 10 is the majority at 54%; Year 12 is next at 32%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.0% of the population, which is far below the Australian average. Trade qualifications are more common, with 37.0% of people holding a Certificate III or IV.
11.0% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 Boolambayte, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 49%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (32%) and Postgraduate degree (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common at 27.8%. This is followed by Management and commerce and Society and culture, which both sit at 11.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one Catholic primary school in the area, which is larger than about 59% of similar areas. The average school size here is 72 students, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
72
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
980
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boolambayte
1 school — 72 students, average ICSEA 980.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1
| St Joseph's Primary School, Bulahdelah | Catholic | Primary | 5.8 km | 72 | 980 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boolambayte [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10479/boolambayte/topic/education