39.4% ▲ +36.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Forcett · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Forcett
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer people in Forcett hold higher school and university qualifications compared to most similar areas. Only 39.4% of residents finished Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian average. This trend is mirrored in university degrees, with the local figure sitting far below the national average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is low here at 39.4%, which is far below the Australian figure of 58.8%. About 36.4% of residents have Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →Forcett splits fairly evenly between Year 12 (42%) and Year 10 (39%), with Year 11 at 10%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common in Forcett, where just 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor degree or higher. This is far below the state average of 21.9%, while nearly half of adults hold a Certificate III or IV.
11.2% ▲ +88.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
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 Forcett, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 59%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 15%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering at 15.5% and Management and commerce at 14.4%. Society and culture qualifications follow at 12.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one primary school, which is larger than those in about 59% of similar areas. This single government-run school has a typical size of 533 students.
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).
533
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
981
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Forcett
1 school — 533 students, average ICSEA 981.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Dodges Ferry Primary School, Dodges Ferry | Government | Primary | 5.1 km | 533 | 981 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Forcett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60207/forcett/topic/education