37.6% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boddington · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boddington
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Boddington have finished high school compared to the rest of the state, with only 37.6% completing Year 12. This trend continues into higher education, where the town has a much lower rate of university degrees than the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.6% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58% seen across Western Australia and Australia. About 28.9% of the population stopped their formal schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boddington, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 11 (14%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 10.2% of the population, far below the national figure of 26.3%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.9% of residents.
10.2% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Boddington, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Bachelor degree is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common field is Engineering and related subjects at 27%, followed by Management and Commerce at 10.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by a single government school that combines primary and secondary levels. This school has an average size of 290 students and an advantage score that is lower than most similar areas.
3.58
Lower than 52% 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).
290
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
955
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boddington
1 school — 290 students, average ICSEA 955.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Boddington District High School, Boddington | Government | Combined | 4.0 km | 290 | 955 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50137/boddington/topic/education