38.4% ▲ +64.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Booral · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Booral
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Booral have finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 38.4% completing Year 12. This significant gap is mirrored in higher education, where the share of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. About 36.1% of people listed Year 10 as their highest year of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Booral splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 14.6%, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 42.5% of residents.
14.6% ▲ +121.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 Booral, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Bachelor degree is next at 20%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 18.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 10.8% and Architecture and building at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Booral has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though they are much smaller than usual. There is one government primary school within 3 km, which has a much lower average advantage score than most areas.
10.42
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
84
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
938
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Booral
1 school — 84 students, average ICSEA 938.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Booral Public School, Booral | Government | Primary | 2.0 km | 84 | 938 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Booral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10494/booral/topic/education