45.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
ACT Remainder - Booth · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in ACT Remainder - Booth compared to most of the country, with only 45.5% completing Year 12. This reflects a local education profile that sits well below the Territory and national figures.
Highest year of school completed.
Just 45.5% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the ACT figure of 77.0% and the national average of 58.8%.
45.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In ACT Remainder - Booth, Year 12 is the majority at 77%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
While 17.8% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher—a rate higher than most similar areas—this remains well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
17.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In ACT Remainder - Booth, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Graduate diploma / certificate is next at 26%.
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with health being the most common at 12.8%, followed by architecture, building, education, and management at 10.3% each.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is sparsely served by education facilities, with no schools located within 3 km.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in ACT Remainder - Booth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80002/act-remainder-booth/topic/education