60.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Apslawn · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Apslawn has seen a notable shift in education levels, with 60% of residents now having completed Year 12. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits well above the Tasmanian average. While school completion is high, higher university degrees are less common here than in the rest of the state.
Highest year of school completed.
A far higher share of people here have finished Year 12 compared to the state average, at 60% versus 47.1%. This figure is also a little above the national average of 58.8%.
60.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Apslawn, Year 12 is the majority at 100%.
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 15% of the population. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 21.9% and far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.0% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Apslawn, Bachelor degree is the majority at 100%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Management & commerce at 43%, ahead of Natural & physical sciences (0%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a common trait for about 59% of similar places.
0
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Apslawn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60018/apslawn/topic/education