32.5% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boulia · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boulia
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Few residents in Boulia have finished high school, with only 32.5% completing Year 12. This makes the area far below the national figure, reflecting a community where many people leave formal education early. The local educational profile is shaped by a high proportion of trade certificates and a small number of university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 32.5% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Queensland figure of 57.1%. Many residents left school earlier, with 30.8% reaching Year 10 and 17.1% finishing Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →Boulia splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 19%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 8.6% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.2% of residents.
8.6% ▲ +61.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Boulia, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications often studied Engineering, which accounts for 19% of degrees, followed by Management and Commerce at 15.5%. Agriculture and Environment and Education both make up 9.5% of the local study fields.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Boulia has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though the typical school is very small with only 47 students. There is one government primary school within 3 km, which has one of the lowest advantage scores in the region.
13.70
Higher than 81% 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).
47
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
867
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 Boulia
1 school — 47 students, average ICSEA 867.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Boulia State School, Boulia | Government | Primary | 3.6 km | 47 | 867 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boulia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30340/boulia/topic/education