29.4% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Castra · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Castra
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Less than a third of residents in Castra have finished Year 12, reflecting a community with very few formal higher qualifications. This is a stark contrast to the rest of the state and the nation, where school completion rates are much higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 29.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. Most people in the area stopped their formal schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Castra, Year 10 is the majority at 60%; Year 12 is next at 40%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
No adults in the area hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36% of residents.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 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 Castra, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 100%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering and Education, each making up 36% of the total, followed by Society and Culture at 16%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area is served by one government primary school, which is much smaller than most others with an average size of 31 students. This school also has a much lower advantage score than most areas.
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).
31
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
914
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Castra
1 school — 31 students, average ICSEA 914.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Sprent Primary School, Sprent | Government | Primary | 5.6 km | 31 | 914 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Castra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60103/castra/topic/education