38.9% ▲ +47.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Calder · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Calder
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly half of qualified adults in Calder hold a Certificate III or IV, marking it as a place where practical trade skills are common. While vocational training is high, the area falls well behind state and national figures for high school and university completion.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 38.9% of residents finished Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and far below the Australian average of 58.8%. About 36.7% of people listed Year 10 as their highest year of school.
Highest year of school
View on map →Calder splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (40%), with Year 9 or below at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.0% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas, but remains far below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.0% ▲ +56.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Calder, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 58%; Bachelor degree is next at 21%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in engineering and related fields at 21.0%, followed by society and culture at 15.1%. Education, health, and agriculture and environment each account for around 11% of degrees.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of the area, making it smaller for educational facilities than about 59% of similar places.
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Lower than 99% 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).
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Calder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60089/calder/topic/education