41.1% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Copping · Suburb / Locality
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people have finished high school in Copping than in the rest of the country, with only 41.1% completing Year 12. This gap extends to higher education, where university degrees are much less common than the national figure. The area's educational profile leans heavily toward practical certificates and diplomas rather than academic degrees.
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.1% of residents completed Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and far below the Australian average of 58.8%. About 33.5% of people stopped their schooling at Year 10.
41.1% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
In Copping, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (36%) and Year 11 (10%).
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with 15.4% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Instead, a large portion of the workforce holds a Certificate III or IV, at 34.6%.
15.4% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
In Copping, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 42%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (15%).
What people studied.
The most common fields of qualification are management and commerce at 20.2%, followed by engineering and architecture and building, which account for 12.5% and 11.5% respectively.
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools located within 3 km of Copping, a situation that is more common than in about 59% of similar areas.
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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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Copping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60127/copping/topic/education