35.8% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Blackwall · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Blackwall
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Blackwall have finished high school compared to the rest of the country. Only 35.8% of residents completed Year 12, which is a gap of 23 points below the national figure. This trend extends to higher education, where university degrees are less common than in the state or nation.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is far below the Tasmanian rate of 47.1% and the Australian rate of 58.8%. The most common highest level of schooling reached here is Year 10, at 37.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →Blackwall splits fairly evenly between Year 10 (41%) and Year 12 (39%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Only 12.7% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the Tasmanian figure. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 39.4% of residents.
12.7% ▲ +69.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
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 Blackwall, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 50%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are Engineering and related subjects at 17.4%, followed by Management and commerce at 9.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two government schools within 3 km, which is more than about 66% of similar areas. These schools are split evenly between primary and secondary types, though they have a lower average advantage score than most areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
323
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Blackwall
2 schools — 646 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Secondary 1 · Primary 1
| Exeter High School, Exeter | Government | Secondary | 0.7 km | 325 | 941 |
| Exeter Primary School, Exeter | Government | Primary | 0.9 km | 321 | 972 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Blackwall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60053/blackwall/topic/education