42.9% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boolarra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boolarra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer adults in Boolarra finished high school compared to the state average, with only 42.9% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the proportion of people with a bachelor degree or higher is well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.9% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Around 20.1% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10, while 12.3% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boolarra, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (22%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 35.4% of adults. Only 16.8% have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Victorian average of 29.2%.
16.8% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 Boolarra, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are engineering and related subjects at 15.9%, followed by society and culture at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Boolarra has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though the average school size of 28 is much lower than usual. There is one government primary school within 3km, which has a lower advantage score than most areas.
6.49
Higher than 65% 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).
28
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boolarra
1 school — 28 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Boolarra Primary School, Boolarra | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 28 | 951 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boolarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20288/boolarra/topic/education