52.8% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bookaar · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bookaar
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More people in Bookaar finished Year 12 compared to most similar areas. However, the community remains much less qualified than the state and national averages, with only 12.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
While 52.8% of residents completed Year 12, this is well below the national figure of 58.8% and the Victorian rate of 61.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bookaar, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 11 is next at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification level is a Certificate III or IV, held by 30.1% of adults. Those with bachelor degrees make up 23.3% of the population, which is far below the national figure.
12.8% ▲ +78.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Bookaar splits fairly evenly between Certificate III / IV (37%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (34%), with Bachelor degree at 29%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are most common in agriculture and the environment, which account for 31.5% of all degrees and certificates. Education is the next most frequent field of study at 12.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, a situation more common than in about 59% of similar places.
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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 Bookaar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20285/bookaar/topic/education