30.6% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boonarga · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boonarga
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Boonarga have remained low compared to wider trends, with few residents holding university degrees. Only 30.6% of people have finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This pattern of lower schooling and qualification levels defines the local educational landscape.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland average, with only 30.6% of residents finishing school. This is much lower than most similar areas, and 13.9% of the population left school in Year 10 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boonarga, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (20%) and Year 9 or below (20%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are uncommon here, with only 9.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below both the Queensland (21.9%) and Australian (26.3%) figures.
9.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Boonarga, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 70%; Bachelor degree is next at 30%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 35%, ahead of Management & commerce (24%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with a typical size of just 24 students. This school also has one of the lowest advantage scores among similar 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).
24
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
865
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boonarga
1 school — 24 students, average ICSEA 865.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Brigalow State School, Brigalow | Government | Primary | 6.6 km | 24 | 865 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boonarga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30323/boonarga/topic/education