50.0% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Apollo Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Apollo Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A higher-than-average 28.1% of adults in Apollo Bay hold a bachelor degree or higher. This level of qualification is well above the Tasmanian average and puts the area ahead of most similar places. While university degrees are common, school completion rates are more varied.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Half of residents have completed Year 12, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure but well below the national average. No one in the area reported finishing school at Year 11 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Apollo Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 73%; Year 10 is next at 27%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Bachelor degrees are the most common high-level qualification, held by 42.9% of residents. This helps drive the area's high rate of university education, which is much higher than in most similar places.
28.1% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Apollo Bay, Bachelor degree is the majority at 75%; Certificate III / IV is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with degrees, the most common fields of study are engineering and related fields at 28.6%, followed by health at 19.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government combined school, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas. This school has an advantage score that is higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% 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).
336
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,011
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Apollo Bay
1 school — 336 students, average ICSEA 1,011.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Woodbridge School, Woodbridge | Government | Combined | 4.1 km | 336 | 1,011 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Apollo Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60017/apollo-bay/topic/education