39.7% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Bushy Park · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Bushy Park
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Bushy Park have completed high school compared to most of the country, which shapes the local workforce. Only 39.7% of people finished Year 12, a figure that is far below the national average. This trend carries through to higher education, with a smaller proportion of adults holding university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is well below the state figure, with only 39.7% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far below the Australian average of 58.8%. About 33.6% of people had Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Bushy Park, the largest group is Year 12 at 43%, followed by Year 10 (37%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here than in the rest of the state, with 15.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 21.9%. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 28.8% of residents.
15.4% ▲ +122.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Bushy Park, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (27%) and Postgraduate degree (20%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most frequent fields of study for those with qualifications are management and commerce at 20.3%, followed by society and culture at 16.9%. Engineering and agriculture and environment each account for 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one government school within 3km, which is a combined primary and secondary school. Its average size of 203 students is lower than most similar areas, and it has one of the lowest average school advantage scores at this level.
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).
203
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
890
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Bushy Park
1 school — 203 students, average ICSEA 890.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Glenora District School, Glenora | Government | Combined | 3.1 km | 203 | 890 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Bushy Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60086/bushy-park/topic/education