45.9% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Carlton River · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Carlton River
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap in school completion defines the local profile in Carlton River, where only 45.9% of residents finished Year 12. While a good number of adults hold university degrees, the area lacks local educational facilities. This mix of high-level qualifications and lower school completion rates marks the town's current educational landscape.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Fewer than half of residents completed Year 12, a figure that is a little below the Tasmanian average and far below the national rate of 58.8%. About 27.8% of the population finished school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Carlton River, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 31%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
About 20.9% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 33.9% of residents.
20.9% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 Carlton River, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 41%, followed by Bachelor degree (29%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in the area are spread across several fields, with management and commerce being the most common at 14.8%, followed by society and culture at 13.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, making it smaller than about 59% of similar places in terms of nearby educational options.
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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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Carlton River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60100/carlton-river/topic/education