39.8% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boat Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boat Harbour
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Boat Harbour have remained steady over the last decade, though many residents did not finish high school. While only 39.8% of people completed Year 12, a surprising 21.5% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 39.8% of people here finished Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and far below the national rate. Many residents left school earlier, with 36.1% completing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Boat Harbour splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (41%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 12%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 21.5% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is about the same as the state average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most common, held by 30.1% of residents.
21.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 Boat Harbour, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Bachelor degree (28%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in health are the most common at 16%, followed by management and commerce at 14.7% and education at 14.1%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Boat Harbour has 17.86 schools per 1,000 children, which is much higher than most similar areas. There is one primary school within 3km, and it is run by the government.
17.86
Higher than 87% 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).
234
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Boat Harbour
1 school — 234 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Boat Harbour Primary School, Boat Harbour | Government | Primary | 0.5 km | 234 | 981 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boat Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60058/boat-harbour/topic/education