42.3% ▲ +81.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 39.5%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Arthur River · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Arthur River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A total lack of university degrees marks the educational profile of Arthur River, where the typical resident has not completed a bachelor's degree. This highlights a local workforce that relies almost entirely on trade and vocational training rather than higher education.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 42.3% of residents finished Year 12, which is far below the 58.8% national figure. Around 34.6% of the community stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Arthur River, the largest group is Year 12 at 48%, followed by Year 10 (39%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a result far below the Tasmanian average of 21.9%. Instead, more than half of the population holds a Certificate III or IV.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Arthur River, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Vocational qualifications are heavily skewed toward practical skills, with 47.6% in engineering and 23.8% in agriculture and environment.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 kilometres of the area, which is common for many similar locations.
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Arthur River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60020/arthur-river/topic/education