45.4% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 45.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boomer Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boomer Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 10.2% of adults in Boomer Bay hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the Tasmanian and national rates. This reflects a community where vocational training is more common than university degrees. Most residents have a practical set of qualifications, with many finishing school before Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 45.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure and far below the national average. Roughly 29.6% of people stopped their formal schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boomer Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (29%) and Year 11 (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The usual qualification here is a Certificate III or IV, held by 51.9% of adults. This helps explain why the proportion of people with university degrees is much lower than in most other areas.
10.2% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 Boomer Bay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 67%; Bachelor degree is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees and certificates in this area are most often in engineering and related fields (22.2%) or management and commerce (20.4%), followed by architecture and building at 13.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3 km, which is more than about 59% of similar areas. This school is smaller than most, with an average size of 136 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).
136
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
970
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boomer Bay
1 school — 136 students, average ICSEA 970.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dunalley Primary School, Dunalley | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 136 | 970 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boomer Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60062/boomer-bay/topic/education