40.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.2%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Black Hills · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Black Hills
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Black Hills have remained largely consistent over the last decade, though they sit well below state and national figures. Only 40% of residents have completed Year 12, which is a significant gap compared to the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer people in Black Hills finished high school than in most other areas. The 40% completion rate for Year 12 is well below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and far below the national average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Black Hills, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 11 (10%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here, with 16.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below both the state and national figures, though the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 42.2%.
16.7% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 Black Hills, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (11%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields. The most frequent include health at 14.4%, followed by engineering and society and culture, both at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of Black Hills, which is a smaller number 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 Black Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60049/black-hills/topic/education