30.4% ▲ +47.8%
Lower than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
7214, TAS · Postcode
Education & Qualifications in 7214, TAS
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in postcode 7214 compared to the rest of the state. Only 30.4% of residents completed Year 12, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 58.8%. While these numbers are low, the proportion of people finishing school has risen by nearly 10 percentage points since 2011.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The typical highest year of school completed here is Year 10 for 34.3% of people. Year 12 completion is far below the Tasmanian average, though it has climbed from 20.6% in 2011 to 30.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →7214, TAS splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (38%) and Year 12 (34%), with Year 9 or below at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 9.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is far below the national average, although the number of people with higher degrees has risen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
9.2% ▲ +112.5%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 7214, TAS, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (16%).
Field of study
What people studied.
For those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related subjects at 14.8%, followed by society and culture at 11.4% and management and commerce at 9.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of this area, making it smaller for education facilities than about 84% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in 7214, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7214/7214-tas/topic/education