74.5% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 69.8%
- 2021: 74.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Booragoon · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Booragoon
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more residents in Booragoon have finished high school and earned university degrees than the state or national average. Nearly 75% of people here completed Year 12, which is far above the 58.8% national figure. This creates a highly qualified community where university degrees are very common.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is very common here, with 74.5% of residents doing so. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 58% and the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Booragoon, Year 12 is the majority at 78%; Year 10 is next at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A bachelor degree or higher is held by 41.3% of adults, which is among the highest levels for similar areas. This is far above the 23.8% seen across Western Australia.
41.3% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 41.3%
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 Booragoon, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 44%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (17%) and Postgraduate degree (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Most qualifications in the area are in management and commerce (24.3%), followed by engineering and related fields at 15.3%. Health and society and culture are also common fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools are among the largest and most advantaged in the region, with a typical size of 770 students. While there are 27 schools within 3 km, there are among the lowest number of schools per 1,000 children.
0.98
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
27
Higher than 88% 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).
770
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,124
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Booragoon
27 schools — 20,787 students, average ICSEA 1,124.
By sector: Government 20 · Catholic 5 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 20 · Combined 4 · Secondary 3
| Booragoon Primary School, Booragoon | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 435 | 1,121 |
| Applecross Senior High School, Ardross | Government | Secondary | 1.1 km | 1,962 | 1,120 |
| Ardross Primary School, Ardross | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 448 | 1,149 |
| Brentwood Primary School, Brentwood | Government | Primary | 1.3 km | 331 | 1,116 |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School, Mount Pleasant | Government | Primary | 1.4 km | 564 | 1,146 |
| Bateman Primary School, Bateman | Government | Primary | 1.7 km | 371 | 1,126 |
| Winthrop Primary School, Winthrop | Government | Primary | 1.8 km | 603 | 1,143 |
| Corpus Christi College, Bateman | Catholic | Combined | 2.1 km | 1,789 | 1,116 |
| St Benedict's School, Applecross | Catholic | Primary | 2.4 km | 336 | 1,152 |
| Melville Primary School, Melville | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 670 | 1,119 |
| Kardinya Primary School, Kardinya | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 433 | 1,087 |
| Melville Senior High School, Melville | Government | Secondary | 2.9 km | 1,398 | 1,071 |
| Rossmoyne Primary School, Rossmoyne | Government | Primary | 3.0 km | 407 | 1,147 |
| Caralee Community School, Willagee | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 333 | 1,010 |
| Fremantle Language Development Centre, Willagee | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 227 | 991 |
| Applecross Primary School, Applecross | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 571 | 1,155 |
| All Saints' College, Bull Creek | Independent | Combined | 3.3 km | 1,374 | 1,162 |
| Mel Maria Catholic Primary School - St Joseph Pignatelli Campus, Attadale | Catholic | Primary | 3.4 km | 513 | 1,131 |
| Aquinas College, Salter Point | Catholic | Combined | 3.4 km | 1,332 | 1,110 |
| Attadale Primary School, Attadale | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 440 | 1,137 |
| Rossmoyne Senior High School, Rossmoyne | Government | Secondary | 3.4 km | 2,824 | 1,135 |
| Bull Creek Primary School, Bull Creek | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 405 | 1,139 |
| Santa Maria College, Attadale | Independent | Combined | 3.5 km | 1,334 | 1,133 |
| St Pius X Catholic School, Manning | Catholic | Primary | 3.7 km | 172 | 1,136 |
| Manning Primary School, Manning | Government | Primary | 3.9 km | 436 | 1,105 |
| Oberthur Primary School, Bull Creek | Government | Primary | 4.0 km | 646 | 1,174 |
| West Leeming Primary School, Leeming | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 433 | 1,126 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Booragoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50148/booragoon/topic/education