42.9% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boonah · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boonah
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Typical for its area type, Boonah sees a mix of educational backgrounds but falls well behind state and national levels for formal schooling. Only 42.9% of residents have completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend continues into higher education, where university degrees are less common than in the wider region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Far fewer people in Boonah have finished Year 12 compared to the rest of Australia. While 42.9% completed high school, 25% of residents stopped at Year 10 and 18.2% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boonah, the largest group is Year 12 at 47%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.3% of the population, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification held is a Certificate III or IV, at 33.9%.
12.3% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 Boonah, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (21%).
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in Boonah are most often trained in society and culture (13.5%), followed by engineering and management and commerce, which both sit at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Boonah has more schools per 1,000 children than most similar areas, with three schools within 3 km. Two-thirds of these are government-run primary schools.
7.77
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
280
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
985
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boonah
3 schools — 840 students, average ICSEA 985.
By sector: Government 2 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 2 · Secondary 1
| Boonah State High School, Boonah | Government | Secondary | 0.6 km | 599 | 984 |
| Boonah State School, Boonah | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 104 | 948 |
| All Saints' School, Boonah | Catholic | Primary | 1.0 km | 137 | 1,018 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30321/boonah/topic/education