40.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Cairns Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Cairns Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer residents in Cairns Bay have completed high school or university compared to the rest of the country. This is a stark contrast to national trends, with no adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Only about 41% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion sits at 40.6%, which is well below Tasmania's 47.1%. About 28% of residents stopped at Year 10, while nearly 19% left school in Year 9 or earlier.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Cairns Bay, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (21%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is very rare here, with 0% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below both the Tasmanian figure of 21.9% and the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Cairns Bay, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 75%; Certificate I / II is next at 25%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common field of qualification is Agriculture & environment at 20%, ahead of Management & commerce (20%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is a Catholic institution. This school is smaller than those in most other similar areas and has a lower advantage score than most.
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).
149
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
954
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Cairns Bay
1 school — 149 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sacred Heart Catholic School, Geeveston | Catholic | Primary | 2.6 km | 149 | 954 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Cairns Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60088/cairns-bay/topic/education