41.4% ▲ +52.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Claremont · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Claremont
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 41% of people in Claremont have completed Year 12, which is the most common highest level of schooling. This figure is far below the national average, and the area generally has fewer high-level degrees than the state and the rest of Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is well below the Tasmanian average, with 41.4% of residents finishing Year 12 compared to 58.8% across Australia. About 31% of people left school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Claremont, the largest group is Year 12 at 44%, followed by Year 10 (33%) and Year 9 or below (13%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in most areas, with only 14.3% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
14.3% ▲ +182.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Claremont, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 48%, followed by Bachelor degree (20%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in management and commerce at 20.2%, followed by society and culture at 13.9% and engineering at 13.4%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are 12 schools within 3km, which is more than about 84% of similar areas. However, the average school advantage score is much lower than most areas.
3.44
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
12
Higher than 82% 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).
349
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
926
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Claremont
12 schools — 4,182 students, average ICSEA 926.
By sector: Government 8 · Catholic 3 · Independent 1
By type: Primary 7 · Secondary 3 · Combined 2
| Austins Ferry Primary School, Claremont | Government | Primary | 0.8 km | 416 | 894 |
| Holy Rosary Catholic School, Claremont | Catholic | Primary | 1.6 km | 374 | 977 |
| Claremont College, Claremont | Government | Secondary | 2.1 km | 467 | 907 |
| St Virgil's College, Austins Ferry | Catholic | Combined | 2.2 km | 792 | 1,024 |
| St Francis Flexible Learning Centre, Chigwell | Catholic | Secondary | 2.5 km | 172 | 866 |
| Windermere Primary School, Claremont | Government | Primary | 2.8 km | 452 | 902 |
| OneSchool Global - Hobart Campus, Claremont | Independent | Combined | 3.0 km | 92 | 970 |
| Rosetta Primary School, Rosetta | Government | Primary | 4.7 km | 309 | 965 |
| JRLF - Herdsmans Cove Primary School, Herdsmans Cove | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 144 | 772 |
| Montrose Bay High School, Rosetta | Government | Secondary | 4.9 km | 498 | 903 |
| JRLF - East Derwent Primary School, Bridgewater | Government | Primary | 4.9 km | 337 | 800 |
| Molesworth Primary School, Molesworth | Government | Primary | 6.3 km | 129 | 984 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Claremont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60113/claremont/topic/education