24.0% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Forest · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Forest
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Only 24% of residents in Forest finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure. This low level of formal schooling is a defining feature of the area, where most adults have not completed high school or hold vocational certificates rather than university degrees.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
A small minority, 24%, finished Year 12, which is far below the Tasmanian average of 47.1%. For many residents, the highest year of school completed was Year 10, which accounts for 38.3% of the population.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Forest, the largest group is Year 10 at 41%, followed by Year 12 (26%) and Year 11 (17%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University qualifications are rare here, with only 7.2% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is much lower than most areas and far below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while Certificate III or IV qualifications are more common at 46%.
7.2% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Forest, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 60%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 18%.
Field of study
What people studied.
The most common fields of study for qualified residents are management and commerce at 18.2%, followed by engineering and related fields at 15.3% and agriculture and environment at 10.2%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Forest has a high number of schools per 1,000 children, though these are small primary government schools. On average, these schools have a size of 99 students and a school advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
9.62
Higher than 74% 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).
99
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
903
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Forest
1 school — 99 students, average ICSEA 903.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Forest Primary School, Forest | Government | Primary | 1.1 km | 99 | 903 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60208/forest/topic/education