46.4% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Barnes Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Barnes Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of adults in Barnes Bay have completed Year 12, reflecting a local schooling rate similar to the state average. While many residents hold trade and vocational certificates, overall education levels sit well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 46.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is about the same as the Tasmanian average but far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. Roughly 42.9% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Barnes Bay splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (45%) and Year 10 (41%), with Year 11 at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is more common here than in most similar areas, with 21.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is about the same as the state average, though well below the national figure.
21.4% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 Barnes Bay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 54%; Graduate diploma / certificate is next at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with education being the most common at 20%. Health, management, and architecture and building each account for 16% of qualifications.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number of facilities than about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Barnes Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60030/barnes-bay/topic/education