32.4% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bororen · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bororen
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Bororen finished high school compared to the rest of the country, with only 32.4% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where the share of adults with a university degree is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Queensland and Australian figures, sitting at 32.4%. The most common highest year of school finished is Year 10 at 35.6%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Bororen splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (39%) and Year 12 (36%), with Year 9 or below at 17%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 8.4% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. Half of all qualifications are Certificate III or IV levels.
8.4% ▲ +26.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 Bororen, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 61%; Bachelor degree is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related fields at 27.1%, followed by Management and commerce at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Bororen has 13.51 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most areas. These are all government schools, and the typical school is much smaller than most, with 77 students.
13.51
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
77
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
924
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bororen
2 schools — 153 students, average ICSEA 924.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Combined 1
| Bororen State School, Bororen | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 30 | 988 |
| Miriam Vale State School, Miriam Vale | Government | Combined | 11.3 km | 123 | 909 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bororen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30337/bororen/topic/education