49.4% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Doctors Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Doctors Rocks
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels in Doctors Rocks have shifted over the last decade, with nearly half of residents now having finished high school. While qualification levels are higher than in many similar areas, they remain well below the national figures.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 49.4% of people have completed Year 12, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure but well below the Australian average.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Doctors Rocks, Year 12 is the majority at 57%; Year 10 is next at 25%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Nearly 19% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still well below both the state and national averages.
18.7% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
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 Doctors Rocks, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 36%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (28%) and Postgraduate degree (13%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications held by residents are in management and commerce at 19.2%, followed by education at 17.3% and health at 13.5%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are two schools within 3km of the area, though the average school size and advantage score are both much lower than most other areas.
2
Higher than 62% 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).
199
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
930
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Doctors Rocks
2 schools — 398 students, average ICSEA 930.
By sector: Independent 1 · Government 1
By type: Combined 1 · Primary 1
| Australian Christian College - Burnie, Somerset | Independent | Combined | 3.6 km | 28 | 979 |
| Somerset Primary School, Somerset | Government | Primary | 3.8 km | 370 | 926 |
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Doctors Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60159/doctors-rocks/topic/education