29.0% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Baden · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 29% of residents in Baden have completed Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This lack of senior schooling is a defining feature of the area's educational profile, alongside a low rate of university degrees. The community has very few formal qualifications compared to both the state and the rest of Australia.
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people have finished Year 12 here than in most other areas, sitting at 29%, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1%. The most common highest year of school completed is Year 10, at 41.9%.
29.0% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Baden, the largest group is Year 10 at 50%, followed by Year 12 (35%) and Year 9 or below (15%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are uncommon in Baden, where just 9.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
9.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Baden, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 77%; Bachelor degree is next at 23%.
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Society & culture at 29%, ahead of Agriculture & environment (24%).
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller in this regard than 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Baden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60024/baden/topic/education