35.2% ▲ +28.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boisdale · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boisdale
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Boisdale have finished high school compared to most similar areas. Only 35.2% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This trend of lower educational attainment carries through to higher qualifications, where university degrees are also less common than in other parts of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 35.2% of people finished Year 12, a figure far below the national average. About 22.3% of the population had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boisdale, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (26%) and Year 11 (18%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in most areas, with only 11.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 29.2% seen across Victoria, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most typical, held by 37.5% of residents.
11.4% ▲ +32.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Boisdale, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 26%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related services at 14%, followed by Agriculture and environment at 9.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Boisdale has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas. All local schools are government-run primary schools, with a typical size of 187 students.
16.95
Higher than 86% 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).
187
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
979
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boisdale
1 school — 187 students, average ICSEA 979.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Boisdale Consolidated School, Boisdale | Government | Primary | 5.2 km | 187 | 979 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boisdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20270/boisdale/topic/education