29.2% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.8%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boort · Urban Centre
Education & Qualifications in Boort
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common achievement in Boort, where 25.6% of residents hold one. While more people have earned degrees since 2011, the area still sees far fewer people finishing Year 12 than the state average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.2% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. This is a drop of 11 percentage points since 2011.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boort, the largest group is Year 12 at 37%, followed by Year 9 or below (23%) and Year 10 (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 12.6% of the population. While this is far below the national figure of 26.3%, the number has risen slightly since 2011.
12.6% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 Boort, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 44%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Health is the most common field of study at 11.7%, followed by education at 9.9% and management and commerce at 9.4%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221008/boort/topic/education