43.9% ▲ +25.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 43.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Booval · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Booval
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
More than a third of Booval adults hold a Certificate III or IV, making it the most common qualification in the area. This reflects a workforce with a strong focus on practical skills, though overall school and university completion rates sit well below national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 43.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland rate of 57.1% and the Australian figure of 58.8%. Roughly a quarter of people finished Year 10, and 15.2% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Booval, the largest group is Year 12 at 49%, followed by Year 10 (27%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in other areas, with only 12.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the 21.9% seen across Queensland and far below the national figure of 26.3%.
12.8% ▲ +55.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 Booval, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Bachelor degree (23%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are management and commerce at 14.8%, followed closely by society and culture at 14.5%. Engineering and related fields account for 12.1% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Booval has 19 schools within 3km, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. While there are fewer schools per child than in most places, the average school size of 471 students is higher than usual.
2.51
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
19
Higher than 86% 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).
471
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
992
Higher 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 Booval
19 schools — 8,952 students, average ICSEA 992.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 5 · Independent 4
By type: Primary 10 · Secondary 5 · Combined 4
| Sacred Heart School, Booval | Catholic | Primary | 0.2 km | 548 | 1,022 |
| Silkstone State School, Silkstone | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 675 | 937 |
| Bundamba State School, Bundamba | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 374 | 897 |
| Ipswich East State School, East Ipswich | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 287 | 878 |
| Claremont Special School, Silkstone | Government | Combined | 1.7 km | 199 | 964 |
| Y Schools Queensland - Ipswich, Bundamba | Independent | Secondary | 2.1 km | 173 | 880 |
| Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School, East Ipswich | Independent | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,047 | 1,122 |
| Bundamba State Secondary College, Bundamba | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 794 | 896 |
| Ipswich Flexible School, Ipswich | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 111 | 892 |
| Ipswich Special School, Ipswich | Government | Combined | 2.5 km | 108 | 962 |
| Ipswich Central State School, Ipswich | Government | Primary | 2.5 km | 529 | 980 |
| Bethany Lutheran Primary School, Raceview | Independent | Primary | 3.1 km | 356 | 1,062 |
| The Industry School - Ipswich, North Ipswich | Independent | Secondary | 3.1 km | 208 | 1,017 |
| Ipswich North State School, North Ipswich | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 206 | 904 |
| Raceview State School, Raceview | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 679 | 933 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Woodend | Catholic | Primary | 3.5 km | 556 | 1,041 |
| Tivoli State School, Tivoli | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 201 | 904 |
| St Mary's College, Ipswich | Catholic | Secondary | 3.7 km | 730 | 1,033 |
| St Edmund's College, Woodend | Catholic | Combined | 3.8 km | 1,171 | 1,049 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Booval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30332/booval/topic/education