36.4% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Exeter · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Exeter
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer than 10% of adults hold a university degree in Exeter, reflecting a community where vocational training is far more common. This makes it a place where the typical resident is much less likely to have completed Year 12 or obtained a degree compared to the rest of the state.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 36.4% of people finished Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the national average. About 35% of residents left school at Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →Exeter splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (39%) and Year 10 (37%), with Year 9 or below at 14%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
A typical adult in Exeter is much more likely to hold a Certificate III or IV (46.1%) than a university degree. Only 9.3% have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
9.3% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Exeter, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 55%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 17%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications here are most commonly in engineering and related fields at 19.7%, followed by management and commerce at 13.3%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Exeter has a much higher number of schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with two schools within 3 km. All local schools are government-run and split evenly between primary and secondary types.
13.70
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
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).
323
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
956
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Exeter
2 schools — 646 students, average ICSEA 956.
By sector: Government 2
By type: Primary 1 · Secondary 1
| Exeter Primary School, Exeter | Government | Primary | 2.3 km | 321 | 972 |
| Exeter High School, Exeter | Government | Secondary | 2.3 km | 325 | 941 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60195/exeter/topic/education