35.0% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boyer · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boyer
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Zero adults in Boyer hold a bachelor degree or higher, marking a significant gap compared to the rest of the country. This lack of higher degrees is consistent with a trend where only 35% of the community completed Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion rates are much lower than most areas, with just 35% finishing Year 12. This is 12 points below the Tasmanian average and 24 points below the Australian figure, while 37.5% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Boyer splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (37%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 11 at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare here, as no adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the 21.9% seen across Tasmania and the 26.3% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 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 Boyer, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Architecture & building at 26%, ahead of Management & commerce (26%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Boyer has four schools within 3km, which is more than about 73% of similar areas. These include three primary and one secondary school, though the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
4
Higher than 71% 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).
237
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
903
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boyer
4 schools — 949 students, average ICSEA 903.
By sector: Government 3 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 3 · Secondary 1
| New Norfolk Primary School, New Norfolk | Government | Primary | 3.7 km | 208 | 894 |
| St Brigid's Catholic School, New Norfolk | Catholic | Primary | 4.4 km | 187 | 969 |
| Fairview Primary School, New Norfolk | Government | Primary | 4.5 km | 235 | 889 |
| New Norfolk High School, New Norfolk | Government | Secondary | 4.5 km | 319 | 881 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60064/boyer/topic/education