52.0% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Castle Forbes Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Castle Forbes Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Over half of the adults in Castle Forbes Bay have completed Year 12, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. While the local community has a strong showing of school leavers, the proportion of those with university degrees remains well below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 52% of residents finished Year 12, which is well above the Tasmanian average of 47.1% but well below the Australian figure of 58.8%. Roughly 33% of the population stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Castle Forbes Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 51%; Year 10 is next at 33%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 21.6% of the population, which is about the same as the state average. This is well below the national figure, and the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV at 37.1%.
21.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Castle Forbes Bay, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (19%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across various fields, led by Engineering and related studies at 15.5% and Management and commerce at 14.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one Catholic primary school within 3km, though its average size of 149 students is lower than most areas. This school also has a lower average advantage score than most other schools.
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 Castle Forbes Bay
1 school — 149 students, average ICSEA 954.
By sector: Catholic 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sacred Heart Catholic School, Geeveston | Catholic | Primary | 6.4 km | 149 | 954 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Castle Forbes Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60102/castle-forbes-bay/topic/education