57.7% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 52.3%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Gardners Bay · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Gardners Bay
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Higher levels of schooling and university degrees have become more common in Gardners Bay over the last decade. About 58% of residents have finished Year 12, a figure that is far above the Tasmanian average.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is much higher here than in most similar areas, reaching 57.7%. This is 11 percentage points above the state figure, though it sits a little below the national rate.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Gardners Bay, Year 12 is the majority at 62%; Year 10 is next at 26%.
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
University degrees are common in Gardners Bay, with 27% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher. This is well above the Tasmanian average of 21.9% and about the same as the national figure.
27.0% ▲ +35.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →Gardners Bay splits fairly evenly between Bachelor degree (32%) and Certificate III / IV (31%), with Advanced diploma / diploma at 23%.
Field of study
What people studied.
People with qualifications in this area most commonly studied society and culture, with 16.5% of degrees in this field, followed by management and commerce at 15%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are three schools within 3km, which is more than about 70% of similar areas. These schools are generally smaller and have a much lower average advantage score than most other areas.
3
Higher than 67% 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).
166
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
948
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Gardners Bay
3 schools — 498 students, average ICSEA 948.
By sector: Independent 1 · Catholic 1 · Government 1
By type: Primary 2 · Combined 1
| Peregrine, Nicholls Rivulet | Independent | Primary | 4.2 km | 90 | 1,048 |
| St James Catholic College, Cygnet | Catholic | Combined | 5.8 km | 218 | 889 |
| Cygnet Primary School, Cygnet | Government | Primary | 6.2 km | 190 | 968 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Gardners Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60221/gardners-bay/topic/education