43.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 43.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boorabee Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boorabee Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Boorabee Park compared to the rest of the state. Only 43.2% of residents completed Year 12, which is 16 percentage points lower than the New South Wales and national figures. This gap highlights a significant difference in schooling levels for the area.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the state and national averages. While 43.2% finished high school, another 30.5% stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boorabee Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly one in five adults (19.8%) hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas but still well below the New South Wales figure of 27.8%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.8% of people.
19.8% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 Boorabee Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (17%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with Engineering and related studies being the most common at 22.2%, followed by Management and Commerce at 17.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is among the smallest of its kind with a typical size of 17 students. This school has an advantage score of 911, 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).
17
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
911
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boorabee Park
1 school — 17 students, average ICSEA 911.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Manifold Public School, Bentley | Government | Primary | 7.8 km | 17 | 911 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boorabee Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10492/boorabee-park/topic/education