28.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Borden · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Borden
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
No adults in Borden hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it one of the least qualified areas in the country. This gap is stark compared to the national figure of 26.3%. Only 28.6% of residents have finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Schooling levels are much lower than most areas, with only 28.6% of people completing Year 12. This is 30 percentage points below the national figure; most residents in Borden finished Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Borden, Year 10 is the majority at 58%; Year 12 is next at 24%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 0.0%, which is far below the 23.8% seen across Western Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 200%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Borden has one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 24 students. This school has an advantage score of 1,034, which is higher than most areas.
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).
24
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,034
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Borden
1 school — 24 students, average ICSEA 1,034.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Borden Primary School, Borden | Government | Primary | 0.2 km | 24 | 1,034 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Borden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50155/borden/topic/education