27.8% ▲ +38.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Beaconsfield · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Beaconsfield
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Forty-four percent of qualified adults in Beaconsfield hold a Certificate III or IV, reflecting a workforce with a strong focus on practical skills. This is a place where formal schooling levels are much lower than the state and national figures, with only 27.8% of people completing Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the national figure at 27.8%, which is 31 points lower than the Australian average. The most common highest year of school completed here is Year 10, at 37%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Beaconsfield, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (31%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, a figure far below the 21.9% seen across Tasmania. This low rate of university degrees is consistent with the area's much lower schooling levels.
5.0% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Beaconsfield, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are engineering and related trades at 16.8%, followed by management and commerce at 13.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has a government-run primary school with an average size of 244 students. However, the average school advantage score is much lower than most similar areas.
4.22
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
244
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
924
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Beaconsfield
1 school — 244 students, average ICSEA 924.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Beaconsfield Primary School, Beaconsfield | Government | Primary | 3.4 km | 244 | 924 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Beaconsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60034/beaconsfield/topic/education