33.8% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boulder · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boulder
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Boulder have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the country. Only 33.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This creates a significant gap in formal education levels across the community.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 33.8% of people here finished Year 12, a result far below the Western Australian average of 58%. The next most common highest level of schooling is Year 10, reached by 28.2% of residents.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boulder, the largest group is Year 12 at 41%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 11 (15%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is much less common here than in most areas, with only 6.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. Instead, the most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.9% of adults.
6.2% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Boulder, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 64%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 14%.
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, Engineering and related fields are the most common, making up 25.4% of degrees and certificates. Management and commerce follow at 10.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 14 schools within 3 km, which is more than about 85% of similar areas, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most places. Most of these schools are government-run, accounting for 71.4% of the sector.
2.71
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
14
Higher than 84% 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).
361
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
942
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boulder
14 schools — 5,047 students, average ICSEA 942.
By sector: Government 10 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 9 · Secondary 4 · Combined 1
| Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 854 | 890 |
| St Joseph's School, Boulder | Catholic | Primary | 0.8 km | 193 | 994 |
| Eastern Goldfields Education Support Centre, Kalgoorlie | Government | Secondary | 0.8 km | 47 | 879 |
| Boulder Primary School, Boulder | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 263 | 869 |
| Kalgoorlie School Of The Air, Boulder | Government | Primary | 1.0 km | 68 | 1,029 |
| O'Connor Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 761 | 922 |
| O'Connor Education Support Centre, Boulder | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 52 | 920 |
| South Kalgoorlie Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 350 | 909 |
| Goldfields Baptist College, Somerville | Independent | Combined | 1.6 km | 239 | 1,017 |
| John Paul College, Kalgoorlie | Catholic | Secondary | 2.6 km | 699 | 1,010 |
| Eastern Goldfields College, Kalgoorlie | Government | Secondary | 2.8 km | 485 | 954 |
| East Kalgoorlie Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 3.1 km | 158 | 648 |
| Kalgoorlie Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Government | Primary | 3.5 km | 496 | 980 |
| St Mary's Primary School, Kalgoorlie | Catholic | Primary | 3.6 km | 382 | 1,030 |
Sources
More for Boulder
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50159/boulder/topic/education