37.8% ▲ +39.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dover · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dover
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
A gap of 21 percentage points separates Dover from the national average in Year 12 completion rates. While few residents finished high school, 17.6% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher, which is more common here than in most similar areas.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 37.8% of people finished Year 12, a figure well below the Tasmanian average of 47.1% and far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 29.1% of residents stopped at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dover, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (32%) and Year 9 or below (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The usual highest qualification is a Certificate III or IV for 29.4% of adults. Those with a bachelor degree or higher make up 17.6% of the population, which is well below the Tasmanian and national figures.
17.6% ▲ +86.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 Dover, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 39%, followed by Bachelor degree (24%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (15%).
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common qualifications are in Engineering and related fields at 15.3%, followed by Management and commerce at 11.5% and Society and culture at 10.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Dover has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, though they are typically smaller with an average of 144 students. The only school within 3km is a government-run combined school.
9.17
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
144
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
863
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dover
1 school — 144 students, average ICSEA 863.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Combined 1
| Dover District School, Dover | Government | Combined | 1.5 km | 144 | 863 |
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dover [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60165/dover/topic/education