46.2% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Golden Valley · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Golden Valley
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Nearly a quarter of adults in Golden Valley hold a bachelor degree or higher, making it a place where higher education is much more common than in most similar areas. While high-level degrees are frequent, fewer than half of the population finished Year 12, which is far below the national figure.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
About 46.2% of people finished Year 12, which is roughly the same as the Tasmanian average but far below the Australian figure. Many others stopped their schooling earlier, with 34.1% finishing Year 10.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Golden Valley, the largest group is Year 12 at 46%, followed by Year 10 (34%) and Year 9 or below (11%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher qualifications are common here, with 24.7% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher, which is a little above the state average. Certificate III or IV qualifications are the most frequent, held by 31.3% of people.
24.7% ▲ +75.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 Golden Valley, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 31%, followed by Bachelor degree (26%) and Advanced diploma / diploma (24%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications often studied Engineering and related fields, at 19.1%, followed by Society and Culture at 16.5% and Health at 14.8%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There are no schools within 3 km, a situation that is smaller 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Golden Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60237/golden-valley/topic/education