37.4% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lake Boga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lake Boga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 24 percentage points separates Lake Boga from the Victorian average in Year 12 completion rates. This reflects a broader trend across the area, where typical qualification levels are far below the state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the 61.8% seen across Victoria. Other common highest years of schooling include Year 10 at 21% and Year 11 at 16.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lake Boga, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (24%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 11.7% of the population, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.3% of residents.
11.7% ▲ +81.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Lake Boga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 53%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and related studies at 13.7%, followed by Health at 11% and Education at 10.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are much smaller than most, with an average size of 62 students. There are 5.81 schools per 1,000 children, and the only local option is a government primary school.
5.81
Higher than 62% 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).
62
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
988
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lake Boga
1 school — 62 students, average ICSEA 988.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Lake Boga Primary School, Lake Boga | Government | Primary | 2.7 km | 62 | 988 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lake Boga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21427/lake-boga/topic/education