47.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boothendarra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boothendarra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than half of adults in Boothendarra have completed Year 12, reflecting a local workforce with modest formal schooling. The area lacks high-level academic degrees, which is a striking gap compared to the wider state and national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 47.1% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58% seen across Western Australia. For others, the highest year of school reached was Year 10 for 20.6% and Year 9 or below for 11.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boothendarra, Year 12 is the majority at 59%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Boothendarra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Engineering & related at 19%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller in terms of educational facilities than about 59% of similar places.
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boothendarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50153/boothendarra/topic/education