27.2% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bolgart · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bolgart
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Bolgart have completed high school or university compared to most of the country. Only 27.2% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a local workforce where practical certificates are much more common than degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Finishing Year 12 is far less common here than in the rest of Australia. The typical highest year of school reached is Year 10, completed by 39.5% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bolgart, the largest group is Year 10 at 45%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is rare in the area, with only 2.5% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 23.8%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more frequent at 29.4%.
2.5% ▼ -71.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Bolgart, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 15.7%, followed by education at 13.7% and agriculture and environment at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school, which is smaller than most similar schools with an average of 23 students. Its school advantage score is around the middle for its level.
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).
23
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
986
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bolgart
1 school — 23 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Bolgart Primary School, Bolgart | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 23 | 986 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bolgart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50140/bolgart/topic/education