69.0% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 69.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Birchs Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Birchs Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far more people in Birchs Bay finished high school than in most other areas, with 69% completing Year 12. This high level of schooling is reflected in the qualifications of the local adults, who are among the most highly educated in the region.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far above the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. The vast majority of residents reached this level, with 69% finishing Year 12 and 22% finishing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Birchs Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 72%; Year 10 is next at 23%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 36.4% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of tertiary education includes 18.1% with postgraduate degrees and 26.4% with a bachelor degree.
36.4% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 36.4%
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 Birchs Bay, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 30%, followed by Certificate III / IV (23%) and Postgraduate degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 22.2%, followed by society and culture at 15.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government combined school within 3km, which has a typical size of 336 students. This school has an advantage score that is higher than most areas.
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).
336
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
1,011
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Birchs Bay
1 school — 336 students, average ICSEA 1,011.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Woodbridge School, Woodbridge | Government | Combined | 2.7 km | 336 | 1,011 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Birchs Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60046/birchs-bay/topic/education