46.2% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boonal · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boonal
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of residents in Boonal have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. While school completion is low, 22% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a rate that is actually higher than most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 46.2% of people have completed Year 12, which is 13 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and national averages. Year 10 is the next most common highest year of schooling at 15.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boonal, Year 12 is the majority at 67%; Year 10 is next at 22%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree is the most common high-level qualification at 39.1%, followed by Certificate III or IV at 26.1%. Despite these figures, the 22% of adults with a degree or higher is well below the New South Wales figure.
22.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 Boonal, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 50%, followed by Certificate III / IV (33%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with a qualification are spread evenly across three main fields, with Agriculture and Environment, Education, and Management and Commerce each accounting for 13% of the total.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Boonal has one government primary school, which is much smaller than those in most other areas with a typical size of 41 students. This school has an advantage score of 625, among the lowest at this level.
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).
41
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
625
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boonal
1 school — 41 students, average ICSEA 625.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Toomelah Public School, Boggabilla | Government | Primary | 11.5 km | 41 | 625 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boonal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10490/boonal/topic/education