36.6% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Devonport · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Devonport
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer adults in Devonport have finished high school compared to most other areas, with only 36.6% completing Year 12. This means a large part of the local workforce relies on practical skills and certificates rather than university degrees to get by in their daily lives.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.6% of people here finished Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the national rate of 58.8%. About 34.3% of residents stopped their schooling at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Devonport splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are less common here, with 13.6% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is well below the state's 21.9%. The most typical qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 36.8% of residents.
13.6% ▲ +54.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
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 Devonport, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Bachelor degree (21%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (18%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Management and Commerce at 16.6%, followed by Society and Culture at 14.3% and Engineering at 12.7%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Local schools have a lower average advantage score than most areas, though there are many options nearby with 13 schools within 3 km. About 69.2% of these are government schools.
3.79
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
13
Higher than 83% 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).
367
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
951
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Devonport
13 schools — 4,769 students, average ICSEA 951.
By sector: Government 9 · Catholic 2 · Independent 2
By type: Primary 8 · Secondary 5
| Devonport High School, Devonport | Government | Secondary | 0.5 km | 342 | 939 |
| Nixon Street Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 0.6 km | 320 | 921 |
| St Brendan-Shaw College, Devonport | Catholic | Secondary | 0.9 km | 566 | 1,014 |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, Devonport | Catholic | Primary | 1.1 km | 385 | 1,014 |
| Don College, Devonport | Government | Secondary | 1.2 km | 672 | 959 |
| Devonport Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 1.2 km | 240 | 914 |
| Indie School - Devonport, Devonport | Independent | Secondary | 1.3 km | 312 | 906 |
| Hillcrest Primary School, Devonport | Government | Primary | 1.6 km | 211 | 912 |
| Reece High School, Devonport | Government | Secondary | 1.7 km | 520 | 921 |
| Devonport Christian School, Don | Independent | Primary | 1.9 km | 377 | 1,009 |
| Miandetta Primary School, Miandetta | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 322 | 950 |
| East Devonport Primary School, East Devonport | Government | Primary | 2.4 km | 198 | 834 |
| Spreyton Primary School, Spreyton | Government | Primary | 4.1 km | 304 | 946 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60156/devonport/topic/education