39.4% ▲ +18.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boyup Brook · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boyup Brook
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Boyup Brook have finished high school or university than in most other similar areas. Only 39.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. This trend extends to higher education, where just 9.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Completing Year 12 is less common here than in most areas, sitting at 39.4%, which is far below the Western Australian average of 58%. Roughly 29.3% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boyup Brook, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 9.8% of adults, a figure far below the Australian average of 26.3%. The most common qualification in the area is a Certificate III or IV, held by 34.2% of people.
9.8% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Boyup Brook, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 51%; Bachelor degree is next at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most often in Engineering and related fields at 14.1%, followed by Management and Commerce at 10.8%. Agriculture and Environment and Education each account for 8.7% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 12.74 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. The schools here are smaller than average, with a typical size of 125 students.
12.74
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
125
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
999
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boyup Brook
2 schools — 249 students, average ICSEA 999.
By sector: Government 1 · Catholic 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Boyup Brook District High School, Boyup Brook | Government | Combined | 3.9 km | 197 | 1,004 |
| St Mary's Catholic School, Boyup Brook | Catholic | Primary | 4.1 km | 52 | 979 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boyup Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50172/boyup-brook/topic/education