30.7% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
7180, TAS · Postcode
Education & Qualifications in 7180, TAS
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people have finished high school in postcode 7180 than in most other areas, with only 30.7% completing Year 12. This gap in schooling is a key feature of the area, where the number of residents with high school or university qualifications has fallen since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Tasmanian figure, falling by 8.1 percentage points since 2011. This is among the lowest levels for the region, with nearly 30% of people stopping at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →7180, TAS splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (37%) and Year 10 (35%), with Year 9 or below at 21%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are much less common here than across Australia, with the typical adult holding a Certificate III or IV. The share of people with a bachelor degree or higher fell to 14.0% in 2021.
14.0% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 7180, TAS, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (19%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are most often in management and commerce, at 14.6%. Engineering and food, hospitality and personal services are also common, each accounting for 12.2% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 kilometres, making this area smaller than about 84% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% of postcode 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in 7180, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7180/7180-tas/topic/education