78.6% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 72.4%
- 2021: 78.6%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Fern Tree · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Fern Tree
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Education levels have climbed significantly in Fern Tree, with a very high proportion of the community now holding advanced degrees. This is a highly qualified area where 56% of adults have a bachelor degree or higher, which is far above the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
School completion is among the highest for similar areas, with 78.6% of residents finishing Year 12. This is far above both the Tasmanian figure of 47.1% and the Australian average of 58.8%.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Fern Tree, Year 12 is the majority at 81%; Year 10 is next at 13%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
More than half of adults hold a university degree, a result far above the state and national figures. Bachelor degrees are the most common, though a large 25.7% of the population also holds a postgraduate qualification.
56.0% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 56.0%
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 Fern Tree, the largest group is Bachelor degree at 42%, followed by Postgraduate degree (27%) and Certificate III / IV (12%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Qualifications in this area are spread across several fields, with health (16.2%) and society and culture (15.8%) being the most common, followed by the natural and physical sciences at 14%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km of the area, which is a smaller number than 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).
Sources
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Fern Tree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60199/fern-tree/topic/education