60.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.3%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boorolite · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boorolite
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 60% of Boorolite residents have completed Year 12, which is much higher than most similar areas. The community is well-educated, with nearly a quarter of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. This level of qualification is much higher than in most comparable locations.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is at 60.2%, a figure slightly below the Victorian average of 61.8% but a little above the national rate of 58.8%. About 19.5% of residents stopped after Year 11.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boorolite, Year 12 is the majority at 61%; Year 11 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 24.6% of the population, which is well below the Victorian average of 29.2%. Diplomas and Certificate III or IV qualifications are also common, each held by nearly a quarter of residents.
24.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Boorolite splits fairly evenly between Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Bachelor degree (27%), with Certificate III / IV at 27%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 20.4%. Other frequent fields include architecture, building, agriculture, environment and health, which each account for 11.8% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Boorolite has one primary government school, though it is among the smallest in the country with a typical size of 16 students. The area's average school advantage score is 918, which is much lower than most areas.
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).
16
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
918
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boorolite
1 school — 16 students, average ICSEA 918.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Merrijig Primary School, Merrijig | Government | Primary | 7.5 km | 16 | 918 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boorolite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20298/boorolite/topic/education