43.9% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lower Boro · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lower Boro
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Educational levels in Lower Boro have remained steady since 2011, but the area lags significantly behind the rest of the state. Only 43.9% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 43.9% reaching this milestone. About 32.6% of residents finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lower Boro, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are far less common in Lower Boro than in New South Wales, where 12.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher compared to the state's 27.8%. Trade qualifications are more typical, with 40.3% holding a Certificate III or IV.
12.7% ▲ +271.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Lower Boro, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 50%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (27%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 26.9%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.9%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, which is a smaller count than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lower Boro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12411/lower-boro/topic/education