52.1% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 52.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Boat Harbour Beach · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Boat Harbour Beach
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over a third of adults in Boat Harbour Beach hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the Tasmanian average. This is a highly qualified area where university education is common and more than half of residents have finished Year 12.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52.1% of people have completed Year 12, a figure that is well above the state average but well below the national figure. For the rest of the community, the next most common level of schooling is Year 10 at 16.4%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Boat Harbour Beach, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 20%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The area is much more qualified than most similar places, with 35.6% of adults holding a university degree. This includes 21.6% with a bachelor degree and another 17.6% with a postgraduate qualification.
35.6% ▲ +110.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Boat Harbour Beach splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (27%) and Postgraduate degree (22%), with Certificate III / IV at 22%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Degrees in management and commerce are the most common, held by 17.6% of qualified residents, followed by education at 15.7% and engineering at 9.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government primary school within 3km of the area, which is a more common setup than in about 59% of similar places.
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 Beach
1 school — 234 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Boat Harbour Primary School, Boat Harbour | Government | Primary | 2.6 km | 234 | 981 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Boat Harbour Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60059/boat-harbour-beach/topic/education