35.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Abbotsham · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Abbotsham
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Much lower school completion rates than most similar areas define Abbotsham, where only 35.6% of people finished Year 12. This gap is stark compared to the national figure, with the local rate sitting 23 percentage points below the Australian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
The typical resident's highest year of school is Year 10, reached by 46.6% of people. This explains why Year 12 completion is far below both Tasmania and the rest of Australia.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Abbotsham, the largest group is Year 10 at 48%, followed by Year 12 (37%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees or higher are held by 14.3% of adults, which is far below the national average. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 46.2% of the community.
14.3% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Abbotsham, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Bachelor degree is next at 28%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications are spread across several fields, with food, hospitality and personal services being the most common at 17.3%. Health and education follow closely, each accounting for 13.5% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, a result that is more common than in about 59% of similar places.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Abbotsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60001/abbotsham/topic/education