51.6% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boorara Brook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boorara Brook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Roughly 7 percentage points fewer people finished Year 12 in Boorara Brook compared to the national average. While qualification levels are higher than in many similar areas, the community still falls well below Western Australian and national figures for both high school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Just over half of residents, 51.6%, completed Year 12, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the 58% figure for Western Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boorara Brook, Year 12 is the majority at 53%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a result that is higher than most similar areas but well below the national average of 26.3%.
20.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 Boorara Brook, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 36%, followed by Certificate III / IV (31%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study are Education at 13.6% and Health at 12.1%, followed by Natural and Physical Sciences at 10.6%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government combined school within 3 km, which is much smaller than most areas with an average size of 43 students.
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).
43
Lower than 85% 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 Boorara Brook
1 school — 43 students, average ICSEA 986.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Northcliffe District High School, Northcliffe | Government | Combined | 9.6 km | 43 | 986 |
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boorara Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50151/boorara-brook/topic/education