25.0% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boolcarroll · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 25% of adults in Boolcarroll have completed Year 12, reflecting a community with very low formal schooling levels. This is far below the national figure of 58.8%, and no adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Highest year of school completed.
The typical level of schooling is quite low, with 35% of people finishing Year 10 and 25% finishing Year 12. This last figure is far below the New South Wales average of 58.9%.
25.0% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Boolcarroll, Year 10 is the majority at 58%; Year 12 is next at 42%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
There are no adults with a bachelor degree or higher in the area. This is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Boolcarroll, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 25%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Daily life here is shaped by a lack of local infrastructure, as there are no schools within 3 km. This is a common situation for 59% of similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boolcarroll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10481/boolcarroll/topic/education